Stanford University

Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. Few colleges can match the breadth, excellence, and prestige of Stanford’s academics, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is organized into seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine Student life at Stanford is quite active, due in part to the 11,000+ students living on campus. Art is a strong presence at Stanford, fostered by Stanford Lively Arts, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, and numerous student clubs and organizations. Stanford also features extensive athletic programs, including more than 35 varsity sports and about 20 clubs sports. In order to maintain its high standards, Stanford University has extremely selective admissions. The university admits undergraduates based on a combination of academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, and personal experience. Graduate admissions criteria and application procedures vary based on the program of study. Undergraduates at Stanford have access to a variety of financial aid opportunities, including institutional scholarships, grants from the government, and student employment. Graduate students can receive financial aid through fellowships and grants, but funding is typically not available for master’s students.

Reilly Brennan

Lecturer

Maha Ibrahim

Chairperson, Stanford Athletics DAPER Lodato Fund

Marinucci, Marco

Computer Science Mentor - CS210

Sarah Smith

Lean Launchpad Teaching Team

Orlando White

Associate Dean of Residential Education

Bedy Yang

Lecturer at VC Unlocked

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Auradine

Series A in 2023
Auradine is a provider of web infrastructure solutions for blockchain, security, and privacy. It provides software, hardware, and cloud offerings for scalable, sustainable, and secure solutions and has a proven track record in security, SaaS, semiconductors, and systems.

Jeeves

Series C in 2022
Jeeves is a fintech that brings financial solutions to empower businesses globally. Jeeves is building international fintech infrastructure from scratch; this includes a global switching layer across countries and the ability to run all the company spending corporate cards, notecards and cross-border payments on Jeeves. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in the United States.

Involve.ai

Series A in 2021
Involve is a customer intelligence platform that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses accelerate growth from existing data. It organizes all customer data and interactions in a single dashboard to quickly predict customer health, stop customers from leaving, and expand them to increase revenue.

Jeeves

Series A in 2021
Jeeves is a fintech that brings financial solutions to empower businesses globally. Jeeves is building international fintech infrastructure from scratch; this includes a global switching layer across countries and the ability to run all the company spending corporate cards, notecards and cross-border payments on Jeeves. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in the United States.

Alto Neuroscience

Series A in 2021
Alto Neuroscience is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that integrates the biology of the patient into drug development to improve the lives of people with mental health conditions. Through its AI-enabled biomarker platform, Alto Neuroscience combines rich sources of information on patients’ brain activity and behavior to rapidly develop highly-effective medicines for targeted populations. Alto Neuroscience aims to replace today's trial-and-error clinical approach by aligning the right Alto drug with the right patient, redefining psychiatry at a time when the world needs it most.

Alchemy

Series B in 2021
Alchemy is a web3 developer platform that helps companies to build reliable decentralized applications. Its mission is to provide developers with the fundamental building blocks they need to create the future of technology without the hassle of managing blockchain infrastructure in-house.

Harmonize

Series A in 2021
Harmonize offers a remote care platform that simplifies technology implementation and clinical triage. It focuses on improving remote care for patients in need, many of whom are unfamiliar with technology and suffer from multiple comorbidities. The patient interface gathers both high-tech and high-touch inputs, while its medical platform guides staff through triage and intervention routing at scale. The Harmonize platform reduces potential overhead by more than 90% while increasing patient engagement. It includes patient adherence rate, information triage workload reduction, and healthcare utilization cost reduction. Harmonize was founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Deepcell

Series A in 2020
Deepcell provides software for single-cell dimensional morphology analysis. They also provide an AI-powered imaging and microfluidics platform that identifies and isolates viable cells based on morphological distinctions for use in translational research, diagnostic testing, and therapeutics.

ProbiusDx

Series A in 2020
ProbiusDx is an electronic sensing company that provides a diagnostic technology for detecting and monitoring blood concentrations.

Progentec Diagnostics

Series A in 2020
Progentec Diagnostics was set up to explore and commercialize state of the art diagnostic interventions in therapeutic areas with a high level of unmet need. The company is collaborating with a number of research institutions and individuals around the world engaged in bringing the latest technological innovations to the field of diagnostics. The commitment to this cause is firmly rooted in our belief that better diagnostics would not only help in better and less costly management of diseases, but also help tremendously in reducing the incidence of diseases through early screening and detection.

Alchemy

Series A in 2019
Alchemy is a web3 developer platform that helps companies to build reliable decentralized applications. Its mission is to provide developers with the fundamental building blocks they need to create the future of technology without the hassle of managing blockchain infrastructure in-house.

Credit Sesame

Venture Round in 2019
Credit Sesame is a credit and loan company that makes consumer credit and loan management simple and automated. The company marries its deep understanding of how personal credit works with the latest in digital banking to offer the only free online and mobile digital banking service that helps consumers manage and grow their credit and cash in one place as they spend and save. Credit Sesame also provides personalized recommendations regarding personal loans, home loans, student loans, credit cards, and refinancing opportunities that can help members improve their credit and spending power. It gives its members free access to credit score monitoring, credit reports, and identity protection tools. Credit Sesame was founded on April 1, 2010, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.

Truework

Series A in 2019
Truework is a one-stop platform that helps banks, lenders, and others verify income and employment. It is used for employment and income verification which puts consumers in control of the data. It specializes in the fields of financial services, fintech, and developer APIs.

Aromyx

Seed Round in 2019
Aromyx has built a platform for the digital capture of scent and taste – including the EssenceChip™ taste and scent sensor – that puts the human olfactory and taste receptors onto a disposable biochip, with a digital readout. The Aromyx platform includes the Allegory software suite, AromaGraph family of visual analytics, recommended taste/scent recording standards, access to the growing Aromyx online database of taste and scent data and related machine-learning algorithms. Unlike chemical sensors or mass spectrometry, the Aromyx EssenceChip system shows the biochemical signals that a cup of coffee, a sniff of perfume or a glass of wine send to the brain, as mediated by the human nose and tongue.

Drop

Series C in 2019
Drop is a product company that uniquely uses data and insights from enthusiasts to create and curate innovative products that fuel passion. With new, diverse products featured every day, Drop empowers people across the globe to find and follow their interests, learn, share, shop, and participate in product development. Popular Drop categories include audio, tech, apparel, outdoors, and cooking. Founded in 2012, Drop is home to 7 million members. Drop is available on Drop.com and the Drop app.

Gen.G Esports

Series B in 2019
Established in 2017, Gen.G is the leading esports organization connecting the U.S. and Asia. Ranked #6 in the 2019 Forbes list of the world’s most valuable esports companies, Gen.G is the only major organization that owns and operates top teams in the world’s leading esports markets -- China, South Korea, and the United States. Its unique portfolio of teams, winners of 7 global championships to date, includes the Seoul Dynasty franchise of the Overwatch League; 2014 & 2017 League of Legends world champion teams in South Korea; the world’s top all-female Fortnite team, based in Los Angeles; and the NBA 2K League’s historic expansion franchise in Shanghai. Gen.G’s core mission is to help fans and athletes use the power of gaming and esports to get ahead in and beyond competition. The company has quickly become a commercial and thought leader, building a global, inclusive, and cross-cultural future for sports entertainment. Its widely acclaimed initiatives include: #TeamBumble, the leading team platform for the empowerment of women in gaming; and Gen.G Elite Esports Academy, the world’s first fully-integrated academic esports program. Gen.G’s teams, content creators, and corporate staff work out of their offices in Los Angeles, Seoul, and Shanghai.

Sandbox VR

Series A in 2019
Sandbox VR is a virtual reality startup that offers a premium, fully-immersive virtual reality experience. The company combines motion capture in real time with virtual reality technology to create a new medium that is the closest thing to the Star Trek holodeck that exists. The company was founded in 2016 and has presence in the Bay Area and Hong Kong

EdCast

Series C in 2018
EdCast offers a unified SaaS platform powering end-to-end employee experience journeys, spanning learning, skilling and career mobility. Its award-winning platform is used internationally by organizations ranging from large Global 2000 companies to small businesses and government organizations. With EdCast’s platforms, our customers are able to attract, develop and retain a high-performance and future-ready workforce. EdCast’s offerings include its Talent Experience Platform and MyGuide Digital Adoption Platform. EdCast is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer award recipient. EdCast's enterprise customers include Dell, Diageo, Danone, Genpact, Spotify, Standard Chartered Bank, ANZ Bank, CHRISTUS Health and NASSCOM, among many others.

Qpex Biopharma

Series A in 2018
Qpex Biopharma develops a pipeline of agents addressing critical needs for the treatment of infectious diseases. It develops multiple antibiotic drugs intended to combat antimicrobial resistance. The company's technology is focused on targeting the treatment of infectious diseases for both inpatient and outpatient cases, deep expertise in the discovery, development and regulatory approval of anti-infective medicines, including an extensive record of working with public/private partnerships focused on new antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance, enabling medical businesses optimal use of products and critical needs for the treatment of infectious diseases in the inpatient and outpatient settings. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Toma Biosciences

Series C in 2018
TOMA Biosciences is a genomics company that provides physicians with information to optimize treatment for cancer patients. TOMA’s proprietary sequencing solution turns the latest next=generation sequencing (NGS) technology into a powerful digital tool to detect the most clinically meaningful changes in a patient’s tumor DNA. Physicians use this important data to optimize treatment for their patients. TOMA technology enables laboratories to uncover the DNA alterations in cancer cells to provide meaningful data for researchers and clinicians seeking the optimal treatment options for their patients. The company is a commercial-stage private venture-backed company headquartered in Foster City, California.

Ethos Life

Series A in 2018
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market) and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you. Ethos was founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

NobleAI

Seed Round in 2018
NobleAI’s commercially proven Science-Based AI technology enables companies to reduce the cost and accelerate the development of better performing, more environmentally sustainable and reliably sourced chemical & material products.

Deepcell

Seed Round in 2017
Deepcell provides software for single-cell dimensional morphology analysis. They also provide an AI-powered imaging and microfluidics platform that identifies and isolates viable cells based on morphological distinctions for use in translational research, diagnostic testing, and therapeutics.

Skyryse

Series A in 2017
Skyryse has developed a hardware and software operating system, FlightOS, to power all general aviation (GA) aircraft, enabling safer, more capable, and more accessible flight. FlightOS is a common interface for pilots to be able to operate any aircraft - rotorcraft or fixed-wing - with the same controls, substantially reducing pilot fatigue and complexity while offering a step function improvement in flight safety and emergency management. With tens of hours of training, any pilot can safely fly any aircraft regardless of its engine/wing/rotor configuration, either from the cockpit or remotely. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Cofactor Genomics

Series A in 2017
Cofactor Genomics is a company focused on predictive immune modeling. They aim to advance precision medicine by overcoming existing barriers. Cofactor facilitates the shift from single-analyte biomarkers to more comprehensive multidimensional biomarkers using health expression models. Their capabilities include molecular, informatic, and database tools, with one of the first CAP-certified clinical RNA sequencing laboratories. This certification helps their partners conduct clinical trials more efficiently and cost-effectively. Their expertise in molecular biology, informatics, and database management enables them to provide high-quality services to the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, contributing to medical research and improving patient outcomes.

Blueprint Genetics

Series A in 2017
Blueprint Genetics provides genetic diagnostics of rare diseases based on Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). The professional genetic tests are targeted for hospitals and research groups. Blueprint Genetics aims to disrupt the market by decreasing the price level of genetic diagnostics significantly while increasing quality and adding clinical insight to the results statements. The tests are based on a novel NGS method called OS-Seq:tm: that was developed in the Stanford University. The product roadmap of the company covers a long list of diagnostics for different hereditary diseases. The currently available products cover relevant rare hereditary cardiovascular diseases, such as cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias and aorta diseases. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland and has an office also in Los Angeles, CA.

SOCi

Series A in 2017
SOCi is the leading CoMarketing Cloud for multi-location enterprises. We empower businesses like Ace Hardware, Jersey Mike's, Kumon, and Ford to automate and scale their marketing efforts across all locations and digital channels in a way that is brand directed, locally perfected, and data connected. Through the use of best-in-class generative AI and machine learning, the SOCi Genius platform provides multi-location enterprises actionable insights and recommendations while automating their most important workflows at scale. With SOCi, businesses can strengthen their digital presence across local search and social pages while protecting their online reputation driving improved customer engagement and market leading results.

Solstice Energy Solutions

Venture Round in 2017
Solstice Energy Solutions uses IoT and software to enable, connect, and intelligently manage the shared-economy of distributed energy resources in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Boatsetter

Series A in 2016
Boatsetter is a boat rental community connecting boat owners, boat captains, and anyone who seeks a water-full experience. Boatsetter offers a unique Boat sharing marketplace that makes boat rentals accessible to consumers regardless of their boating experience. The company created a catalyst for growth by unlocking the 95% idle capacity of privately owned vessels, which in turn helps boat owners realize returns on their boat investments. Boatsetter's distinct approach combines best-in-class collaborative market tools from companies like Airbnb (home rentals) and Uber (professional drivers) to create the only model capable of bringing the “new sharing economy” to the marine industry. Boatsetter assembled a uniquely qualified team of marine professionals, tech start-up veterans, and car rental industry experts to bring today’s collaborative “sharing” economy to the boating industry. Boatsetter has a significant traction and has established a national network of marine-industry businesses that are partnering with the company on an exclusive basis to roll out the platform in the U.S.

Arka

Venture Round in 2016
Arka is a custom packaging solutions company that enables its customers to source packaging or fulfillment online. It offers packaging services which are customized to its clients’ needs and include proofing and production paperwork. The company operates and maintains a network of worldwide package manufacturers and fulfillment centers, and communicates with them on behalf of their customers. Its client portfolio includes e-commerce and D2C businesses locally and internationally. Founded in 2015, Arka is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Arcus Biosciences

Series B in 2016
Arcus Biosciences is an oncology-focused clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of cancer. It aims to create new cancer therapeutics through the utilization of emerging insights in immunology. The company has four molecules in clinical development: Etrumadenant (AB928), the first dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist to enter the clinic, is being evaluated in multiple Phase 2 and 1b studies across different indications, including prostate, colorectal, non-small cell lung, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancers. AB680, the first small-molecule CD73 inhibitor to enter the clinic, is in Phase 1/1b development for first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer in combination with zimberelimab and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel. Domvanalimab (AB154), an anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody and new potential immuno-oncology backbone therapy, is in a three-arm randomized Phase 2 study for first-line treatment of PD-L1-high metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) evaluating zimberelimab monotherapy, domvanalimab with zimberelimab and domvanalimab plus AB928 with zimberelimab. AB308, an anti-TIGIT antibody that is FcR enabled, is advancing into clinical development to investigate additional indications, with a focus on hematological malignancies. Zimberelimab (AB122), Arcus’s anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, was in-licensed to enable the development of Arcus’s combination regimens and is being evaluated in various combinations across the portfolio. Arcus was formed in 2015 in Hayward, California by Terry Rosen and Juan Jaen.

SigOpt

Series A in 2016
SigOpt's REST API can be easily integrated into any existing ML workflow. SigOpt suggests parameter configurations, and you report their performance. They continuously refine their models to suggest the next best configuration to try. Their black-box optimization approach means you only need to send SigOpt the parameter space, and your performance metric, not the underlying training data or model.

Origin

Seed Round in 2016
Origin Laboratories, Inc. specializes in additive manufacturing, specifically 3D printing, and is known for its innovative platform that facilitates mass production. Established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a manufacturing-grade 3D printer that employs Programmable Photopolymerization technology to precisely control variables such as light, heat, and force for optimal part production. Origin's platform supports an open materials network, extensible software, and modular hardware, enabling companies to create commercial-quality products efficiently. This capability allows manufacturers to prototype, test, and scale consumer-grade products with enhanced speed and flexibility. As of December 31, 2020, Origin operates as a subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd.

Intrinsic

Seed Round in 2016
Intrinsic operates as a cybersecurity company specializing in securing web applications.

Moving Analytics

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Moving Analytics is a telehealth service provider that specializes in cardiovascular prevention programs. Its first product Movn is an end-to-end, integrated program to deliver remote and virtual cardiac rehab. The platform reduces readmissions and empowers the effective and efficient delivery of quality care to patients based on 30+ years of research in remote disease management from Stanford University.

My90

Grant in 2016
My90 is collects anonymized community feedback to generate actionable insights to help police agencies improve trust, safety, and equity. its services to help individual officers deliver anonymous feedback to department leadership.

Reflect

Seed Round in 2016
Reflect is the data visualization platform for developers. Our building blocks make it easy to add data visualization to any web or mobile application in minutes. We handle all of the hard parts so developers can focus on creating a great user experience for their customers.

Stayful

Series A in 2015
Stayful transforms your hotel travel experience by streamlining everything from booking to check out. With just three taps on your smartphone, you'll get the best online rates on the best hotels for you. Then use our app for fingertip access to hotel services during your stay: check in, receive upgrades, order room service, request concierge assistance, schedule housekeeping, and even send your bill directly to your expense report service after your stay.

SunBasket

Venture Round in 2015
Sun Basket is a healthy cooking service that delivers organic ingredients and customized recipes weekly to customers' doors. It allows customers to choose meals each week or opt into a menu plan, including Paleo, Gluten-Free, and Vegetarian options. Sun Basket makes it easy to cook delicious meals, eat clean, and feel great. The company grew from sales by 1300% in 2016 and went from 0 to 1200 employees from 2014 to 2017. The service sources organic and sustainable ingredients from over 135 farms, ranches, and fishermen, featuring organic & non-GMO produce, antibiotic and hormone-free meats, and seafood that follows the Monterey Bay Aquarium sustainability standards.

PRIME Coalition

Venture Round in 2015
PRIME Coalition is a 501(c)(3) public charity

Eight Sleep

Seed Round in 2015
Eight Sleep is the first sleep fitness company. It leverages innovation, technology, and personal biometrics to restore individuals to their peak energy levels each morning. Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors including Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator, it was named by Fast Company in 2018 as one of the Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Unify Square

Series B in 2015
Unify Square provides software, cloud managed services, and consulting for global Microsoft Skype for Business enterprise deployments. The company PowerSuite software creates a unified dashboard to surface actionable insights and help manage collaboration and communications platforms - optimizing and transforming performance health and user effectiveness. It also provides an expansive single-pane of glass view, spanning six different platforms from the top four industry-leading software vendors. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

KryptonCloud

Seed Round in 2015
KryptonCloud offers businesses with cloud solutions that focus on asset performance management. KryptonCloud offers data collection and management solutions that assist businesses in their business and asset decision making. It provides insights and analytics about failure detection, asset availability, costs, and maintenance expenses. KryptonCloud was founded by Ed Albanese and Arun Ramakrishnan in 2015. It is based in San Francisco, California.

Balance Therapeutics

Series A in 2015
Balance Therapeutics is an R&D company focused on developing therapeutics to address conditions of intellectual disability. Balance's pharmacological approach, based on technology licensed from Stanford University has demonstrated the promising potential to address cognitive deficits in animal models of Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical trials for the company’s lead product are currently in progress for Down Syndrome. Balance Therapeutics is located in San Bruno, California, and has a wholly-owned subsidiary in Melbourne, Australia.

Alianza

Series C in 2015
Alianza is a company that specializes in cloud communications software aimed at enhancing the delivery of voice services for broadband providers. Founded in 2009 and based in Lindon, Utah, Alianza offers a virtualized software solution that allows cable, mobile, and telecom providers to quickly customize and launch Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and unified communications (UC) services. By leveraging its cloud-based platform, Alianza helps service providers reduce operational costs and eliminate capital expenditures, enabling a more efficient and profitable delivery model. The company’s customers include notable names such as Blue Ridge Communications and ViaSat. Alianza's approach simplifies the complexities of traditional voice networks, facilitating innovation and growth in the telecommunications sector.

Springpath

Venture Round in 2015
Springpath launches the industry’s first software-defined data platform that addresses virtualized, compute as well as emerging container environments. Based on the patent-pending Hardware Agnostic Log-structure Objects (HALO) architecture, the Springpath Data Platform is built from the ground up to deliver elastic scaling, simple autonomous management, and a complete enterprise-grade feature set, while running on standard servers—empowering enterprises of all sizes to achieve an Independent IT Infrastructure. Data centers benefit from silo-free environments and enable businesses to stay agile and meet market demands.

Personalis

Series C in 2015
Personalis combines both the technology of sequencing and interpretation, with an extensive history of peer-reviewed publication and commercial success. It is providing an extensive molecular view of a patient’s tumor and characterizes its interplay with the immune system. It aids in the development of safer, effective precision cancer therapies, immunotherapies, and personalized medicines.

Drop

Series A in 2014
Drop is a product company that uniquely uses data and insights from enthusiasts to create and curate innovative products that fuel passion. With new, diverse products featured every day, Drop empowers people across the globe to find and follow their interests, learn, share, shop, and participate in product development. Popular Drop categories include audio, tech, apparel, outdoors, and cooking. Founded in 2012, Drop is home to 7 million members. Drop is available on Drop.com and the Drop app.

SeatGeek

Series B in 2014
SeatGeek is a ticket search engine that aggregates ticket listings for live sports, concerts, and theater events. Its data engine helps consumers identify various ticket deals. The site has a feature called ‘Deal Score’ which assigns a 0-100 metric to all listed tickets in order to ascertain the relative value of tickets for a given event or a set of similar events. SeatGeek also offers consumers an event discovery tool through its Columbus event calendar and Spotify applications, which take into account user preferences and favorite teams and artists in order to generate recommendations of upcoming local events that match a user’s tastes and preferences. SeatGeek was launched by Jack Groetzinger and Russell D’Souza in 2009 and its operations are headquartered in New York, United States.

Vurb

Series A in 2014
Vurb’s mission is to create a smarter, more connected mobile world that empowers people to do more of what they want all in one app. Vurb enables people to find, plan, and do by connecting them to the most relevant information and tools from apps and services in a single mobile experience. The company was founded in 2011 by Bobby Lo and was the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014. Vurb is based in San Francisco and is financially backed by Redpoint Ventures, Max Levchin, Drew Houston, Data Collective, and other Silicon Valley luminaries. We're hiring! vurb.com/jobs

Kong

Series A in 2013
Kong develops cloud API technologies that allow organizations to build AI applications while ensuring centralized API security, governance, and visibility across all services. It is an API platform that develops cloud API technologies to help with productivity, automate security, and push the performance of APIs.

BASIS Science

Series B in 2013
At Basis our mission is to help fit health into our busy lives. We designed our wrist-based health tracker and online personal dashboard to help you easily incorporate healthy habits into your daily routine. Basis leverages four types of advanced sensors in its lightweight, customizable design to calculate steps taken, calories burned and sleep quality, as well as physiological metrics like heart rate. We help you set new health goals and automatically adjust weekly targets based on your progress. Using this flexible approach you’ll build healthy habits you can maintain for years. Basis Science, Inc. is backed by Norwest Venture Partners and Doll Capital Management.

Alianza

Series B in 2013
Alianza is a company that specializes in cloud communications software aimed at enhancing the delivery of voice services for broadband providers. Founded in 2009 and based in Lindon, Utah, Alianza offers a virtualized software solution that allows cable, mobile, and telecom providers to quickly customize and launch Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and unified communications (UC) services. By leveraging its cloud-based platform, Alianza helps service providers reduce operational costs and eliminate capital expenditures, enabling a more efficient and profitable delivery model. The company’s customers include notable names such as Blue Ridge Communications and ViaSat. Alianza's approach simplifies the complexities of traditional voice networks, facilitating innovation and growth in the telecommunications sector.
StartX is a 501(c)(3) Stanford-affiliated nonprofit in Silicon Valley that runs one of the world’s top startup accelerator programs. Its mission is to advance the development of the best entrepreneurs through experiential education and peer learning. Since launching in 2010, it has supported more than 450 companies and 1000 entrepreneurs, from early to pre-IPO stage, working across a wide spectrum of industries. StartX and StartX Med, dedicated to medical and biotechnology innovation, provide founders with access to a powerful network of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, and industry partners, along with office space and a variety of other resources. Based in Palo Alto, the accelerator also operates StartX-QB3 Labs and the Stanford-StartX Fund. We are funded by Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, Microsoft, Steelcase, Hyundai, Oriza Ventures, Nissan, Panasonic, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Analog Devices, Silicon Valley Bank, Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, and many others. For more information, visit startx.com The company is associated investment vehicle, the Stanford-StartX Fund is a partnership between StartX, Stanford University and Stanford Health Care. It can invest only in StartX companies who raise qualified rounds of venture capital using objective criteria; it is founder opt-in.

Gauss Surgical

Seed Round in 2013
Gauss Surgical is a med-tech company that develops a vision-based platform for accurate and real-time measurement of surgical blood loss. They develop beautiful applications for iOS backed by sophisticated algorithms and a robust, HIPAA-compliant technical stack to enable real-time monitoring during surgery. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

SIPX

Series B in 2013
SIPX (pronounced “sip-ex”) is an exciting new company based in Palo Alto, California. Backed by the leading venture, corporate, and angel investors, our mission is to simplify the complex processes involved in legally accessing digital content for the higher education marketplace. It was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Stayful

Seed Round in 2013
Stayful transforms your hotel travel experience by streamlining everything from booking to check out. With just three taps on your smartphone, you'll get the best online rates on the best hotels for you. Then use our app for fingertip access to hotel services during your stay: check in, receive upgrades, order room service, request concierge assistance, schedule housekeeping, and even send your bill directly to your expense report service after your stay.

iRhythm Technologies

Series D in 2013
iRhythm provides innovative and cost-effective diagnostic monitoring solutions that facilitate early diagnosis and treatment decisions, with the goal of ultimately improving patient health outcomes and reducing wasteful healthcare spending. Its flagship product, the Zio® Patch, is designed to optimize and simplify the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. Zio® Patch is the smallest, lightest, least conspicuous cardiac arrhythmia diagnostic available and is indicated for up to 14-day monitoring.

Radius Intelligence

Series B in 2013
Radius (www.radius.com) is the only Enterprise Customer Data Platform (CDP) on a mission to power data intelligence across all B2B applications, channels, and users. Built on The Network of Record™ - the most accurate and comprehensive B2B data ecosystem - and pioneering AI, Radius helps companies discover, manage and reach their audiences. With Radius, our customers have a single source of truth, a unified view of every possible customer, and the largest reach across more than 500 channels. Radius customers include Comcast, Sam’s Club, DexYP, Square, and many more. The company is backed by 8VC, BlueRun Ventures, and Founders Fund. Radius is headquartered in San Francisco.

Autogrid

Series B in 2012
AutoGrid Systems organizes energy data and employs big data analytics to generate real-time predictions that create actionable data. The company’s suite of flexibility management applications allows utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy project developers and energy service providers to deliver cheap, clean and reliable energy by managing networked distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time and at scale. AutoGrid applications utilize petabytes of smart meter, sensor and third-party data, along with powerful data science and high-performance computing algorithms, to monitor, predict, optimize and control the operations of millions of assets connected across global energy networks. Established at Stanford University in 2011, they have assembled a team of world-class software architects, electrical and computer engineers, data scientists and energy experts who apply cutting-edge analytics and in-depth energy data science to solve the world’s most critical energy problems.

Duck Duck Moose

Series A in 2012
Duck Duck Moose is an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for children. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Duck Duck Moose is now a subsidiary of Khan Academy, a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

SmartDrive

Venture Round in 2012
SmartDrive Inc. is a technology company specializing in vehicle tracking and big data analytics solutions. Founded in 2013 and based in Shinagawa-ku, Japan, it develops a data platform that provides insights into vehicle management, route optimization, and safe driving practices through real-time GPS services. SmartDrive offers various products, including mobile applications like DriveOn, which provides drivers with information on speed and vehicle performance, and hardware devices such as OBD and car chargers. In the United States, SmartDrive Systems, Inc., a related entity established in 2004, focuses on providing fuel management and driver safety solutions across diverse industries, including waste management and food distribution. Its offerings include video analytics for driver performance coaching, fuel performance tracking, and a transportation intelligence suite that transforms data into actionable insights. With a global presence and a commitment to improving driving safety and efficiency, SmartDrive serves a broad range of agencies and fleet operators.

RF Surgical Systems

Venture Round in 2011
RF Surgical Systems, Inc. is the market leader in the detection and prevention of retained surgical sponges. The RF Surgical Detection System is the preferred solution in more than 1,500 operating rooms, trauma and labor and delivery suites nationwide. Since January 2011, more than 70 hospitals and surgical centers have joined the fast-growing list of care providers using RF Surgical Technology. RF Surgical Systems is based in Bellevue, Washington with R & D facilities in San Diego, California. The advanced technologies used in the RF Surgical Detection System are protected by U.S. patents. Regulatory clearance to market the system was granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in November 2006.

Personalis

Series A in 2011
Personalis combines both the technology of sequencing and interpretation, with an extensive history of peer-reviewed publication and commercial success. It is providing an extensive molecular view of a patient’s tumor and characterizes its interplay with the immune system. It aids in the development of safer, effective precision cancer therapies, immunotherapies, and personalized medicines.

Alpine Data Labs

Series A in 2011
According to The Economist, the amount of information created each year is growing at a 60% compounded rate. The potential insight in this information could determine the fate of businesses, economies, our health, and even our safety. Big Data is useless unless organizations can find a reliable, cost-effective way to apply predictive analytics. Alpine is the world’s first collaborative, code-free solution for Advanced Analytics on Big Data and Hadoop. With Alpine, data scientists and business analysts can work with large data sets, develop and collaborate on models at scale without having to use code or desktop software. Leaders in all industries, from Financial Services to Healthcare, use Alpine to outsmart their competition. Maybe you should too. Find out more at www.alpinenow.com

Moasis

Seed Round in 2011
At mOasis, they innovate sustainable farming practices to maximize agricultural growth. Founded in 2010 at Stanford University and headquartered in Union City, CA, mOasis is a startup that specializes in crop science. They manufacture BountiGel™ hydrogel, a non-toxic, EPA-certified soil additive that helps growers optimize water resources and improve soil nutrient efficiency to maximize crop yields. They've validated that by treating crops with BountiGel™ hydrogel, growers can increase crop yields by 25% while reducing water loads by 20%.

BeachMint

Venture Round in 2010
BeachMint is a venture backed social commerce company for designer-curated direct to consumer sites, founded by serial tech entrepreneurs, Josh Berman (Co-Founder MySpace) and Diego Berdakin. BeachMint launched their first brand, JewelMint, with Kate Bosworth and celebrity stylist, Cher Coulter, in October 2010, StyleMint with Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen in July 2011, BeautyMint with Jessica Simpson and celebrity skincare expert, Nerida Joy, in October 2011, ShoeMint with Rachel Bilson and celebrity stylist, Nicole Chavez, in collaboration with Steve Madden, HomeMint with Justin Timberlake and interior designer Estee Stanley in May 2012, and intiMINT with Brooke Burke-Charvet in June of 2012. Each site offers a subscription shopping model with personalized product recommendations for its members from their respective celebrity and expert. BeachMint recently announced a $35 million funding round led by Accel Partners, with participation from Goldman Sachs, New World Ventures and Millennium Technology Value Partners, with existing investors NEA, Trinity, Scale, Anthem, Lightbank (the founders of Groupon) and NALA Investments participating as well. This brings BeachMint’s total funding to over $80 million. Each of BeachMints online brands offer its members exclusive products that have been conceived through an authentic relationship with its celebrity designer and expert. Members have access to creative original content, personalized style advice and a curated assortment which changes on a monthly basis while consistently presenting a significant value over comparable items available elsewhere..

ASSIA

Series D in 2010
ASSIA, Inc provides broadband and Wi-Fi performance monitoring, management and optimization software to internet service providers (ISP), communications regulators, and wholesalers so they can improve customer quality of experience and satisfaction, reduce costs through operational efficiencies and increase revenues with new multi-media services.

Aryaka Networks

Series A in 2010
Aryaka Networks, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a leader in cloud-first networking and security solutions. The company's Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service combines all networking and security functions. This makes the global WAN work better and safer for businesses in over 100 countries.

Adometry By Google

Series C in 2010
Adometry by Google transforms the way the world’s top brands improve marketing performance. Acting as marketing's “system of record,” Adometry solves the complex challenge of integrating, measuring, and optimizing marketing performance across all channels―both online and offline. Combining and interpreting previously silo’d sources of data; the Adometry Marketing Intelligence Platform provides data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations across and within channels. As a result, marketers are able to identify their true impact on the customer journey and generate actionable insights that improve ROI.

ASSIA

Venture Round in 2009
ASSIA, Inc provides broadband and Wi-Fi performance monitoring, management and optimization software to internet service providers (ISP), communications regulators, and wholesalers so they can improve customer quality of experience and satisfaction, reduce costs through operational efficiencies and increase revenues with new multi-media services.

iRhythm Technologies

Series B in 2009
iRhythm provides innovative and cost-effective diagnostic monitoring solutions that facilitate early diagnosis and treatment decisions, with the goal of ultimately improving patient health outcomes and reducing wasteful healthcare spending. Its flagship product, the Zio® Patch, is designed to optimize and simplify the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. Zio® Patch is the smallest, lightest, least conspicuous cardiac arrhythmia diagnostic available and is indicated for up to 14-day monitoring.

LightPole

Series A in 2008
LightPole is designed to give you information you're interested in about points of interest (POI)—locations such as your current location or locations you're traveling to. For any location, LightPole is designed to answer the most probable questions in the shortest amount of time and with the least amount of interaction.

Rubicon Project

Series B in 2008
Rubicon Project is a technology company that specializes in the automation of digital advertising. The company automates the buying and selling of advertising by offering products to connect buyers and sellers.

Akimbi Systems

Series A in 2005
As of June 16, 2006, Akimbi Systems, Inc. was acquired by VMware, Inc. Akimbi Systems, Inc. develops infrastructure management solutions for software development and test organizations. It offers complex configuration capture-and-restore system, a software development and test infrastructure, which allows software developers and quality assurance engineers to suspend and capture to a shared storage library. Akimbi Systems, Inc. has strategic partnership with Mercury, Microsoft, Platespin, and VMware. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

SafeView

Series B in 2004
Safe-View, Inc was created to bring an existing patented Holographic Imaging technology developed by PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) to market as a commercial application. The product uses an active millimeter wave technology that is safe and offers clear resolution of hidden items. Unlike some other methods of detection the Guardian 100 allows the operator to clearly see metal, plastic, ceramic and other materials that may be hidden under clothing without using ionizing radiation. It offers a clear alternative to metal detectors, pat down searches, and other threat detection methods currently being used to ensure safety in public areas.

Zebra Imaging

Series B in 2004
Zebra Imaging was founded in 1996 by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Laboratory. The mission of the company was established at that time: to develop and provide the best technologies and products for three-dimensional visual communications. With initial and continuing support from investors, the company has succeeded in producing and delivering the most innovative holographic products and technology in the world.

Integration Associates

Series B in 2004
Integration Associates, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, designs and delivers tested wafers and packaged integrated circuits for RF, infrared, modem, and power management applications. The company offers EZRadio ICs, a wireless product to meet the needs of OEMs developing mesh network applications for consumer and industrial monitoring and control; ZigBee USB Dongle that provides a compliant interface, which can be connected to a host computer; EZSwitcher, a device that integrates various functions, which have been implemented discretely; EZ DAA products to span the isolation barriers; and ASIC solutions. It has operations in North America, South America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Oceania. Integration Associates, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. The company also has offices and design centers in Hungary, Portugal, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. As of July 29, 2008, Integration Associates, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

ZettaCore

Series B in 2004
ZettaCore is pioneering the field of molecular electronics. The company is focused on developing molecular materials to service the electronics industry. Their unique chemistry leverages the existing manufacturing infrastructure and enables the transition to higher performance at lower cost.

Medical Metrx Solutions

Series B in 2003
Medical Metrx Solutions, Inc. (formerly Medical Media Systems) is a medical technology and services company providing diagnostic quality 3-D virtual models of patient anatomy built from CT and MR scan data using the company’s proprietary modeling software. The company’s models — which contain more precise quantitative measurement information than competitors’ offerings — are provided to interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons who use them for pre-operative planning and post-operative surveillance of their patients’ conditions. The company was acquired by AIG Altaris Health Partners in 2005.

Proofpoint

Series B in 2003
Proofpoint Inc. is a leading next-generation security and compliance company that provides cloud-based solutions to protect the way people work today. Proofpoint solutions enable organizations to protect their users from advanced attacks delivered via email, social media and mobile apps, protect the information their users create from advanced attacks and compliance risks, and respond quickly when incidents occur. Proofpoint provides email security, encryption, archiving and data loss prevention solutions for over 3,000 enterprise-level accounts including global enterprises, universities and government agencies. Proofpoint, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Marketwired

Series D in 2003
Marketwired is a social communications company that provides solutions for global press release distribution, industry-leading social media monitoring and analytics, and a fully integrated marketing communications platform for content creation, optimization, distribution, and measurement. Its solutions are catered to everyone, from Fortune 500 enterprises to start-ups. Marketwired plays a critical role in shaping the everyday conversations that happen in newsrooms, corporate boardrooms, and social networks around the world, helping communicators move markets, change public opinion, and affect consumer behavior. Marketwired is majority-owned by OMERS Private Equity, which manages the private equity activities of OMERS Administration Corporation and today has 6.4 billion U.S. dollars of investments under management. Marketwired was founded in 1983 by [Nick Koudas](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/dr-nick-koudas) and [Michael Terpin](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-terpin-2). It is headquartered in Toronto, O.N.

Nanosolar

Series A in 2003
Nanosolar prints solar cells and assembles panels to enable the most cost-efficient solar electricity. Nanosolars proprietary approach to printing CIGS (Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenium) and nanoparticle inks using an annealing process minimizes the use of expensive, high vacuum deposition manufacturing equipment. This allows the Company to utilize equipment from the industrial printing and roll-to-roll manufacturing industries to produce solar-electric foil at high speeds, bringing the economics of printing to the world of solar PV semiconductor manufacturing.

SafeView

Series A in 2003
Safe-View, Inc was created to bring an existing patented Holographic Imaging technology developed by PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) to market as a commercial application. The product uses an active millimeter wave technology that is safe and offers clear resolution of hidden items. Unlike some other methods of detection the Guardian 100 allows the operator to clearly see metal, plastic, ceramic and other materials that may be hidden under clothing without using ionizing radiation. It offers a clear alternative to metal detectors, pat down searches, and other threat detection methods currently being used to ensure safety in public areas.

Accruent

Series C in 2002
Accruent is a global software company that helps organizations achieve superior performance by transforming how they manage their physical resources. Its innovative, industry-leading cloud-based software and services enable organizations to optimize all stages of real estate, facilities and asset management, from capital planning through to IoT-based monitoring and control. With a proven track record across two decades, Accruent has created the only integrated SaaS-based framework and reporting platform for full lifecycle physical resource management. More than 7,000 global customers depend on Accruent solutions to drive out hidden costs, extend asset lifecycles, protect their brands, ensure compliance and deliver on the missions of their organization. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Accruent serves a wide range of industries in 149 countries around the world.
Imago is a world class provider of metrology and analysis equipment serving the microelectronic and general research markets. We are committed to the development of the nanotechnology solutions required as the semiconductor, data storage and advanced materials industries increasingly enter the realm of nanotechnology.Imago provides time-to-market advantages to our customers through leading edge technology in the field of three-dimensional, nanoscale, metrology and analysis equipment. Our focus on and funding of advanced technology, together with our network of industrial collaborations, ensures that we continue to accelerate the development of these empowering metrology techniques. Imago's headquarters moved to a new, larger office and manufacturing facility in July 2006. The world-class applications lab includes two dual beam focused ion beams, two scanning electron microscopes, electro polishing equipment, a clean room area for specimen preparation, and a suite of Imago LEAP microscopes.

Marketwired

Venture Round in 2001
Marketwired is a social communications company that provides solutions for global press release distribution, industry-leading social media monitoring and analytics, and a fully integrated marketing communications platform for content creation, optimization, distribution, and measurement. Its solutions are catered to everyone, from Fortune 500 enterprises to start-ups. Marketwired plays a critical role in shaping the everyday conversations that happen in newsrooms, corporate boardrooms, and social networks around the world, helping communicators move markets, change public opinion, and affect consumer behavior. Marketwired is majority-owned by OMERS Private Equity, which manages the private equity activities of OMERS Administration Corporation and today has 6.4 billion U.S. dollars of investments under management. Marketwired was founded in 1983 by [Nick Koudas](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/dr-nick-koudas) and [Michael Terpin](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-terpin-2). It is headquartered in Toronto, O.N.

Satmetrix

Series C in 2001
Satmetrix is the provider of cloud-based customer experience management (CEM) software for companies of all sizes. As co-developer of Net Promoter - the most widely accepted measure of customer loyalty and retention - Satmetrix has unrivaled real-world experience helping companies to successfully adopt Net Promoter programs and put the customer at the center of their business. Through its powerful, end-to-end CEM software platform, NPX, and complementary consulting services Satmetrix deliver increased customer loyalty, reduced attrition, improved word-of-mouth, and a clear competitive advantage. With experience on more than 1,000 deployments in 40 languages, Satmetrix accelerates the success of customer experience efforts using Net Promoter. Satmetrix is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices around the world.

Lightwave Microsystems Corporation

Series E in 2000
Lightwave Microsystems engages in the design, customization, and manufacture of a range of passive and active waveguide components and integrated devices.

Sylantro

Series C in 2000
Sylantro Systems is a provider of software used by service providers to deliver hosted VoIP applications and services for business, consumer, and wireless customers. Synergy, Sylantro's carrier-grade software platform, enables service providers to rapidly deliver differentiated, high value, high margin telephony services, ranging from IP Trunking to hosted PBX services and hosted consumer applications.

Cognigine

Series B in 2000
Cognigine Corporation is a communication semiconductor company developing innovative solutions for next generation Broadband and Optical Networks.

Pacific Edge Software

Series B in 2000
Pacific Edge Software is a provider of an IT governance solutions that are practical to adopt and deliver fast time to value. The company's products and services enable organizations to optimize the performance of their IT portfolios through improved planning, evaluation, and alignment of initiatives with business objectives, thereby maximizing return on the enterprise's technology investments. Pacific Edge has helped organizations across a wide range of industries extend and mature their governance discipline. Founded in 1998, Pacific Edge is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and is privately held.

Catena Networks

Series B in 2000
Catena Networks develops broadband access systems that enable service providers to deploy voice, data, and video services. The company's products include The CNX-5 Broadband DSL System, a card-for-card upgrade solution for Lucent SLC-5 Digital Loop Carriers and The CN1000 Broadband Loop Carrier that enables service providers to deploy integrated plain old telephone service (POTS) and digital subscriber line (DSL) services and deliver voice, data and video services over copper and fiber infrastructures. It caters to local exchange carriers, postal telephone and telegraph operators, and other service providers. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in California, US with an additional office in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Vendio

Series B in 1999
Vendio Services, Inc. (www.vendio.com) helps small to medium-sized merchants (SMM's) succeed by offering them an integrated solution to manage their sales seamlessly and cost-effectively across multiple online sales channels including their online store, Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Shopzilla, and more. Each year over 80,000 merchants use Vendio's award winning multi-channel platform and applications to sell nearly $2 billion in merchandise. The company also operates Dealio (www.dealio.com), a shopping and coupons site for consumers. Vendio is headquartered in San Mateo, California with a development office in Romania. In 2010, Vendio was acquired by Alibaba.com (HKSE: 1688) (1688.HK), the global leader in e-commerce for small businesses and the flagship company of Alibaba Group.

Onvia

Venture Round in 1999
Onvia (NASDAQ: ONVI) is the leading provider of sales intelligence and acceleration technologies at the core of the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace. Applying advanced technologies and domain expertise, Onvia curates data about millions of exchanged contracts, agencies and decision makers, vendors and channels, projects and investment plans, awards records and market trends. Our B2G Intelligence System (B2GIS) delivers quality leads, process agility and strategic foresight, equipping companies of all sizes to grow their public sector business and government agencies to gain procurement efficiency. Resolving the friction in this vital, complex, multi-trillion-dollar marketplace, we create mutual value for private and public sectors, taxpayers and society at large. Visit https://www.onvia.com to explore what makes business, government and media trust Onvia for B2G market insights.

Marketwired

Series A in 1990
Marketwired is a social communications company that provides solutions for global press release distribution, industry-leading social media monitoring and analytics, and a fully integrated marketing communications platform for content creation, optimization, distribution, and measurement. Its solutions are catered to everyone, from Fortune 500 enterprises to start-ups. Marketwired plays a critical role in shaping the everyday conversations that happen in newsrooms, corporate boardrooms, and social networks around the world, helping communicators move markets, change public opinion, and affect consumer behavior. Marketwired is majority-owned by OMERS Private Equity, which manages the private equity activities of OMERS Administration Corporation and today has 6.4 billion U.S. dollars of investments under management. Marketwired was founded in 1983 by [Nick Koudas](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/dr-nick-koudas) and [Michael Terpin](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-terpin-2). It is headquartered in Toronto, O.N.
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