Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

Alisha Golden

Investment Lead

Natacha Rousseau

Mentor

Past deals in California

ARTIAL

Pre Seed Round in 2023
ARTIAL is empowering construction and energy industries with AI-driven fully autonomous drones, enhancing inspection, monitoring, and digitalization services. Our solution enables navigation in dense indoor and complex outdoor environments, autonomously collecting valuable data with high precision, while reducing the inspection time.

Savechain

Pre Seed Round in 2023
SaveChain is a global banking platform that facilitates cross-border currency transactions. It offers a variety of financial services akin to those of traditional savings accounts within a decentralized framework. The platform allows customers, including non-U.S. residents, to open bank accounts that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). This enables users to save, send, and receive money in U.S. dollars, thereby enhancing access to banking services for a diverse clientele.

Liquidstar

Seed Round in 2023
Developer of charge stations designed to deploy smart batteries for electrical power distribution. The company's platform gives a category of energy distribution, utilizing waypoint charge stations to deploy smart batteries for beyond-the-grid electrical power distribution stations that offer wireless battery-powered sustainable ecosystems, and uses excess solar energy to power mini AWS like data centers solving the takeoff issue that plagues many micro and mini-grids, enabling clients to have electricity for essential services during grid-destroying disasters.

Kneevoice

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Kneevoice develops a digital patellofemoral audio-arthrography system for the maintenance of knee health and wellness. It is combining a high-tech sound acquisition system with revolutionary cloud-based machine-learned algorithms, to promptly and efficiently achieve diagnostic accuracy previously available only through nondynamic, nonspecific, or invasive tests. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Handl Health

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Handl Health is a healthcare price transparency platform. Until recently, healthcare prices in the US were considered a trade secret. While the CMS price transparency legislation aims to create a transparent pricing market, implementing this and driving value for businesses and consumers is overwhelmingly complex. Handl Health's platform offers health plans a simple way to comply with the legislation while digitizing how patients shop, book and pay for healthcare, creating an unparalleled experience and realizing an average cost saving of 28%.

Rif care

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Feminine care, period care, wellness

Seasats

Seed Round in 2022
Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods.

Morpheus Space

Series A in 2022
Morpheus Space GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft. The company's innovative product offerings, including nanoFEEP and multiFEEP, are designed to enhance satellite operations by enabling service providers to manage entire constellations as a unified entity. By integrating advanced electric propulsion with artificial intelligence, Morpheus Space is transforming the NewSpace industry. Their solutions allow satellites to perform numerous orbital maneuvers, facilitating a new approach to mission planning that prioritizes objectives through automated decision-making. This capability provides unprecedented flexibility for satellite networks, enabling optimal adjustments to meet specific user needs, such as revisiting frequencies and monitoring dynamic points of interest.

OutAt

Pre Seed Round in 2022
OutAt Inc. is a multimedia company dedicated to creating inclusive spaces for the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. The company manages several brands, including the family-friendly festival Out at the Fair, OutAt.TV, and OutAt Music. OutAt aims to ensure that individuals of all ages and orientations feel accepted and valued in various environments, free from judgment and discrimination. Through its platform, OutAt provides access to a wide range of LGBTQ+ content, entertainment, technology, and education, fostering a sense of belonging and appreciation within the community.

Relish

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Relish integrates medication, behavioral counseling, and lifestyle support to treat the underlying emotional causes of weight gain.

nFlux AI

Series A in 2022
nFlux, Inc. develops a software that provides artificial intelligence, visual content, and lingual information. The company offers Ask Engine, a unified integrated interface where users can acquire information from multiple sources, by asking a question. It serves entertainment, education, security, and healthcare sector. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Alvee

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Alvee provides real-time, patient-specific alerts, notifying you when a patient has a confirmed or possible health equity issue.

CropConex

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
CropConex is a marketplace and supply chain management platform streamlining the sales and exports of specialty crops worldwide.

Finli

Seed Round in 2022
Finli, Inc. is a technology company that offers a digital platform designed to streamline payment processes for family-oriented businesses. Founded in 2018 and based in San Marino, California, Finli provides business management software that facilitates invoicing, tuition collection, enrollment, and payment communications. The platform is tailored to serve daycare centers, preschools, afterschool programs, and local businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage their administrative tasks, including billing, payment collection, and customer management. This comprehensive solution allows families to oversee their financial responsibilities and invite contributions towards educational expenses, thereby fostering community engagement and support.

SPARE

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Spare CS, Inc. is a company founded in 2013 and based in Santa Monica, California. It specializes in developing and operating a mobile application that provides secure access to cash through the Apple iOS platform. The company focuses on enhancing financial accessibility for its users by leveraging technology to ensure safe transactions.

ARTIAL

Pre Seed Round in 2022
ARTIAL is empowering construction and energy industries with AI-driven fully autonomous drones, enhancing inspection, monitoring, and digitalization services. Our solution enables navigation in dense indoor and complex outdoor environments, autonomously collecting valuable data with high precision, while reducing the inspection time.

Reason

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Reason is a goal-based investing assistant empowering retail investors to invest for specific goals in a more organized, intentional way. With Reason, you're able to view all of your investments (stocks, ETFs, crypto) in one place, assign investments to specific goals, and simulate and track your success.

IndieFlow

Seed Round in 2022
IndieFlow developed a workflow management platform for the music industry. It is an Israeli startup that developed a centralized platform to manage music industry workflows and streamline the major building blocks of an artist’s career. It enables users to manage their workflow, distribute their songs on platforms like Deezer, Amazon Music, Spotify, and more. It also allows users to manage royalty payments.

Beem

Seed Round in 2022
Line Financial is a Public Benefit Corporation that delivers revolving lines of credit on its app as well as at online and in-store essential shopping destinations like pharmacies, grocery stores and more without credit-history, pay-slips, or credit-scores. Line is eliminating FICO, Credit and all other types of cards that don't belong in a post COVID world.

FTNBets

Pre Seed Round in 2022
FTNBets is a one-stop shop for all things fantasy sports and sports betting. It provides content that features deep-dive analytical features using the company's analytical tools.

OYA (Clothing)

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an online apparel platform designed to offer leak-absorbent athleisure. The company offers athleisure that is created with fabric containing bioactive minerals which convert body heat into far infrared rays stimulating blood micro-circulation that contributes to fat burning and reducing muscle fatigue, enabling women to perform exercises freely.

LiveDuel

Pre Seed Round in 2022
LiveDuel is a social gaming site, allowing community members to cross-tabulate predictions. LiveDuel.com (LD) is a cross-platform social game that follows real world events. LD has developed the LiveDuel platform which will, for the first time, allow companies to run and create live, engaging gaming content for their end users. LiveDue.com (LD) operates primarily from Cork City, Ireland with partnerships in San Francisco, California.

Flexia

Seed Round in 2022
Flexia is a connected fitness company that offers a comprehensive home fitness solution centered around Pilates. The company provides a professional-grade Pilates machine known as the Reformer, along with an online studio featuring classes suitable for all skill levels. Flexia's technology is designed to tailor workouts and quantify their health benefits, focusing on improving posture, flexibility, and muscle tone while minimizing impact on the joints. By combining high-quality equipment with accessible online instruction, Flexia aims to replicate the Pilates studio experience in the comfort of one’s home.

GoFlyy

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Provider of same-day delivery and reverse logistics services intended for fashion retailers and shoppers. The company makes on-demand deliveries and returns a breeze to unlock growth potential for lifestyle and fashion retailers, enabling businesses by offering delivery and return experience for their customers that's convenient.

MerkleBot

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
MerkleBot trustless robotics data-capture infrastructure unlocking new business models and compliance frameworks for robotics and industrial machinery.

FLUIX

Pre Seed Round in 2022
FLUIX AI specializes in advanced cooling solutions and energy optimization for data centers, workstations, and gaming PCs. The company offers a unique Turbulent Liquid Cooling system that addresses the challenges of heat management, enhancing thermal efficiency and allowing for higher sustained processing speeds. By integrating and optimizing various facility systems, including HVAC and IT, FLUIX enables significant energy savings, reportedly up to 40% for critical infrastructure. Their innovative cooling system monitoring software further enhances operational efficiency by connecting industrial and information technology systems, ultimately reducing wasted cooling energy and improving overall performance for manufacturers and server providers.

MeterLeader

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a web platform designed to allow cities, companies, brands, non-profits, schools, and social media influencers to create customizable energy-saving challenges. The company's platform helps individuals and communities to come together to combat climate change and offers the tools to inspire positive environmental change on a large scale, enabling companies to become motivated to save energy and be integrated with real-time electricity data.

Sēkr

Seed Round in 2022
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

ComplYant

Seed Round in 2022
ComplYant is a developer of tax compliance platform for entrepreneurs that provide a simple, accurate way to follow tax deadlines. Its platform helps with tax deadlines, tax budgeting, deciphers tax notices, and manage deadlines for all business tax types. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Radia

Pre Seed Round in 2022
We are building the first multi-chain and multi-web

Butterfly Labs

Venture Round in 2022
Butterfly Labs is an end-to-end platform diagnostics company that provides at-home blood testing. Its platform helps to gain better health insights by offering a range of services including lab services, test kit fulfillments, and doctors that enable digital health and wellness businesses to offer at-home testing to their patients. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Dreami

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Dreami is a mentoring platform for women, by women. Together, we are limitless. Mentorship matters. So why is it so hard to find one? Dreami matches ambitious women to accomplished women leaders. All backgrounds and experiences are welcome. Interested in becoming a mentor and joining the league of powerful women paying it forward? Apply at dreami.io/mentor

Kiddo

Series A in 2022
Good Parents Inc. develops Kiddo, a pediatric at-home care delivery system designed to assist parents in monitoring their children's health and wellness. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Kiddo combines a proprietary wearable device with a connected application and integrated care options, including telehealth and doctor visits. The system tracks a range of health metrics, such as emotional well-being, physical activity, heart rate, caloric intake, sleep patterns, and growth. By providing these insights, Kiddo not only supports parents in overseeing their children's health but also aids healthcare providers in managing pediatric admission rates and care costs effectively.

Apsy

Seed Round in 2022
Developer an AI-driven mobile and web application builder designed to utilize machine programming to generate mobile apps. The company offers tools to build application software in a manner where traditional constraints such as time, quality, and cost can be mostly negated in effect, a new means to write code repeatedly and intelligently, enabling businesses to create their app to specifications, like a tailor-made suit with no constraints.

Seasats

Venture Round in 2021
Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods.

NineSixteen

Seed Round in 2021
Lightbox helps retailers create a digitally connected storefront, making it seamless for customers to discover, search, sign up & purchase through interactive panels - bringing the best of e-commerce to physical retail. Customers can seamlessly buy online inventory directly in-store - payment, shipping information and email collected with one tap. It integrates with major e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Magento, Klaviyo & much more. It includes a 43" touch panel that can be mounted like a TV anywhere inside store.

ion Learning

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ion Learning is a woman-owned early-stage SaaS social learning platform focused on facilitating large-scale cultural change within enterprises. The platform caters to major organizations, such as Walmart and Ancestry.com, by providing programs centered on purpose, inclusion, leadership development, and emotional intelligence. Combining traditional e-learning with small-group mentoring, ion Learning enables impactful learning and mentoring experiences for corporate employees. Its proprietary diversity-biased algorithm and methodology yield results significantly exceeding industry standards, fostering inclusive workplace cultures that benefit all employees.

Divercity.io

Seed Round in 2021
DIVERCITY (divercity.io) is a job platform dedicated to diversity hiring and to building the world’s largest minority professional network. Divercity was built particularly for underrepresenteds that are either looking for job opportunities and also for employers looking to diversify their teams. There is a very low rate of diversity in the workforce and our mission is to solve this. DIVERCITY is the ultimate platform for minority professionals that aspire to something and are looking to increase their network in a meaningful way.

Oro Financial

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Oro Financial is focused on revolutionizing the global financial infrastructure through web3 payments and digital token technology. The company offers a comprehensive platform that features a digital wallet application, allowing users to send, save, earn, and borrow money. Its services include facilitating both domestic and cross-border payments, as well as remittance options, which aim to reduce merchant payment processing costs and improve accessibility for unbanked populations. By enhancing the speed and security of clearance and settlement activities, Oro Financial enables individuals to meet all their banking needs in one seamless platform. Additionally, the company's proprietary technology supports the distribution of Central Bank Digital Currencies, further integrating traditional and digital financial systems.

Plentina

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of financial software designed to unlock financial services for people in emerging markets via alternative credit scores and microloans. The company uses machine learning algorithms to build an alternative credit score and application that provides store credit financing to buy essentials like food and medicine, enabling users to access essential goods and financial services easily.

Saeidan

Seed Round in 2021
Saeidan is a solutions company that develops products and services that make it easier for consumers to access healthcare. They incubate and deploy innovative products that make it easier for people to navigate and access the healthcare system. Their mission to transform the experience for those navigating Medicare. Ask Claire, a product innovation by Saeidan, is an independent, free-to-the-consumer, digital guidance platform for those with Medicare. Today, Ask Claire helps users understand the program, compare Medicare plans, and connect directly with health plans when they are ready.

Lenco

Seed Round in 2021
Lenco is a Neobank that makes current bank accounts and tools for SMEs to grow in Africa. It make bank accounts easy to open and free to manage for businesses in Africa, while also providing tools that helps the businesses grow

Climatescape

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Climatescape operates a community platform helping people find opportunities to dive into climate through jobs, community, and investment. Its platform is an open directory of organizations working for people to learn about climate solutions and contribute their skills and capital for a sustainable future.

Shaztra

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Shaztra is a no-code AI-powered platform that provides Continuous Automation Testing for software teams. Shaztra integrates quality assurance into existing development workflows to build reliable customer-trusted products faster. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Benchmark Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Benchmark Labs provides asset-specific weather forecasting for the agricultural sector, and beyond. Benchmark Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

MCSquared Health

Pre Seed Round in 2021
MCSquared Health simplifies the medical billing process so patients and providers can focus on what's most important: care. We have has the expertise to understand why America’s complex and expensive health care system can make it frustrating for patients to make payments. Our mission is to radically simplify and modernize the way in which Americans pay for their health care.

Khepra

Seed Round in 2021
Khepra uses proprietary technology and excess renewable electricity to break down plastics and agricultural waste. The company applies ultrasonic technology to breaking waste streams into drop-in fuels in a novel, completely electrified process. This process is used as a method to use excess solar and wind energy during curtailment and provide clean energy generation during times of low generation. The company is operating in San Francisco, California.

Birdstop

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Birdstop is a company that develops infrastructure for inspecting and monitoring field assets using autonomous drone applications. Its platform automates the data collection process for remote assets, allowing users to access real-time information over the Internet through networked unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground stations. This technology enables asset owners to detect anomalies and make critical decisions without needing to be physically present at the location, facilitating efficient management of offsite physical assets across various industries.

UMA

Pre Seed Round in 2021
UMA is a developer of a game-based learning platform to create engaging and memorable learning experiences for pre-teens and teens. The company builds a mobile game where players learn the basics of Algebra and mathematical thinking through an applied and visual lens. Its long-term vision is to build a platform where middle and high school students will learn all core school subjects and critical skills by playing its games.

Robyn

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Robyn Inc. operates a community-driven digital platform focused on integrative maternal wellness, catering to women at various stages of parenthood. The company connects aspiring, expecting, and new parents with a network of wellness providers across 14 service categories, including birth education, nutrition, mental health, and lactation support. Robyn also offers digital education courses, such as childbirth education and lactation classes, aiming to make parental wellness and education more accessible. By providing resources and tools, Robyn seeks to empower women in making informed decisions about their health and well-being during pre-pregnancy and throughout their parenting journey. Founded in 2019 and based in Los Angeles, Robyn was previously known as FertileGirl LLC.

Remmie

Seed Round in 2021
Remmie formerly known as MiVUE, develops and manufactures a connected and family-friendly otoscope. It empowers families to take charge of their health and improve diagnostic accuracy for telemedicine companies. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Culver City, California.

Inference Solutions

Seed Round in 2021
Inference Solutions Inc. is a provider of cloud-based Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and sophisticated call-handling solutions, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Established in 2011, the company specializes in Intelligent Virtual Agent technology, allowing businesses to utilize its code-free platform, Inference Studio, to create and implement self-service applications across various communication channels, including voice, chat, and messaging. With over 550 clients from diverse industries, Inference Solutions collaborates with leading telecommunications carriers and contact center providers to offer advanced self-service capabilities, enhancing customer interactions and driving revenue growth for service providers.

Confidante

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Confidante is a developer of a mental health support platform to promote client-therapist relationships. It supports both clients and providers throughout the mental health journey and engages them between clinical therapy sessions. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, Bay Area.

Venteur

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Venteur is a digital benefits marketplace designed for independent workers, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. The company collaborates with leading benefits providers to offer a wide range of options, including health insurance, life insurance, disability, and retirement plans. Its platform utilizes artificial intelligence to create a personalized experience, enabling employees to select the health benefits that best meet their needs through individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRA). This approach not only empowers employees in their healthcare purchasing decisions but also allows employers to maintain predictability in their benefits budgets while optimizing plan selection and administration.

Kintsugi

Seed Round in 2021
Kintsugi utilizes machine learning and voice biomarkers to detect clinical depression and anxiety, providing innovative talk therapy software to users in over 250 cities worldwide. By analyzing short clips of free-form speech, the company has developed a mental healthcare infrastructure that identifies signs of these conditions, thereby assisting medical practitioners in addressing gaps in mental health care. Kintsugi has amassed the world's largest longitudinal, annotated voice data set for this purpose, resulting in the creation of a clinical-grade voice biomarker diagnostic, which is currently pending patent and FDA approval. This technology aims to measure the severity of depression and anxiety in real-time, offering a more effective approach to mental health assessment and intervention.

Tribe XR

Venture Round in 2021
Tribe XR Inc. operates a platform for real-world skills training. Its application enables users to upload their VR music, perform live, and take lessons to gain DJ skills. Tribe XR Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Hello Audio

Funding Round in 2021
Hello Audio is an audio hosting platform for coaches, course creators, and influencers that delivers private feeds of their content.

Carbon Origins

Funding Round in 2021
Carbon Origins is an aerospace startup company empowering people with the best tools to explore space.

Buoy

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Buoy is a revenue management tool specifically designed for the global vacation rental industry. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Buoy aims to optimize pricing strategies for vacation rental properties. The platform assists property owners and managers in maximizing their revenue through data-driven insights and analytics tailored to the unique dynamics of the vacation rental market.

The Beans

Funding Round in 2021
The Beans is a financial planning platform that aims to simplify the journey to financial success. Founded on September 15, 2016, by Matthieu Tourne and Melissa Gail Pancoast, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform utilizes visual tools involving dried beans and corn to provide an engaging and accessible approach to wealth management. By offering proactive and positive support, The Beans helps users alleviate financial stress, allowing them to concentrate on their passions and interests.

ComplYant

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ComplYant is a developer of tax compliance platform for entrepreneurs that provide a simple, accurate way to follow tax deadlines. Its platform helps with tax deadlines, tax budgeting, deciphers tax notices, and manage deadlines for all business tax types. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Dispatch Goods

Funding Round in 2021
Dispatch Goods Inc. manufactures reusable steel containers and boxes for food delivery ecosystem. The company offers containers for the elimination of the disposable food ware. It serves restaurants and food trucks. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

People Clerk

Funding Round in 2021
People Clerk guides individuals without an attorney throughout the bureaucratic California small claims process. We help individuals prepare, file, and serve their small claims lawsuit in addition to creating an evidence packet to increase their chances of winning. *Small claims disputes are disputes under $10,000 (security deposits, contracts, fender benders).

Communikind

Funding Round in 2021
Communikind, Inc. is an online platform designed to assist caregivers and parents of children with special care needs. The platform enables users to collect, store, and share important health data with medical professionals. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Communikind aims to empower children and their care communities by providing tools that facilitate better communication and documentation of care.

Butterfly Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Butterfly Labs is an end-to-end platform diagnostics company that provides at-home blood testing. Its platform helps to gain better health insights by offering a range of services including lab services, test kit fulfillments, and doctors that enable digital health and wellness businesses to offer at-home testing to their patients. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Kai XR

Seed Round in 2021
Kai XR develops inclusive mixed reality spaces allowing children to explore, dream, and create. Its educational resources provide educators, parents, and life-long learners a path to become early adopters of mixed reality. Kai XR's videos send children on a field trip to a museum without the price of admission and never having to leave the classroom. The company will launch it’s new kid-friendly virtual reality platform to the public in Spring 2020.

SwingVision

Seed Round in 2021
SwingVision provides real-time video analysis and coaching to athletes using proprietary machine vision on just a single smartphone.

Hyperspec-ai

Funding Round in 2021
Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular depth imagery and cross-view localization to enable perception in robotics. The technology is quite promising and has a tremendous amount of scope. However, there are key bottlenecks that need to be addressed, in order for the systems to be economically viable. One of the key bottlenecks is the High Definition Map requirement to enable the car to have scene context. In this paper, we describe the state of the art and present a next-generation orthogonal approach to creating scene context for self-driving cars. Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular imagery instead of standard pin-hole images to gain an understanding of the scene. We present novel innovations that will contribute to the perception stacks which will dramatically revolutionize how self-driving cars create scene context while navigating in complex environments

Seasats

Funding Round in 2021
Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods.

QuSecure

Funding Round in 2021
QuSecure, Inc. specializes in cybersecurity solutions tailored for enterprises and government entities, focusing on the emerging challenges posed by quantum computing. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company develops advanced security products, including automated cryptographic testing, to ensure robust protection in the quantum era. QuSecure's offerings are supported by a team of experts with extensive backgrounds in cybersecurity, quantum computing, machine learning, and blockchain technologies. In addition to product development, QuSecure provides consulting services that encompass governance and compliance, security strategy, and computing education, positioning itself as a key player in the evolving landscape of secure communication and technology.

Hyperspec-ai

Seed Round in 2021
Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular depth imagery and cross-view localization to enable perception in robotics. The technology is quite promising and has a tremendous amount of scope. However, there are key bottlenecks that need to be addressed, in order for the systems to be economically viable. One of the key bottlenecks is the High Definition Map requirement to enable the car to have scene context. In this paper, we describe the state of the art and present a next-generation orthogonal approach to creating scene context for self-driving cars. Hyperspec.ai is developing a next-generation vision pipeline that will utilize equirectangular imagery instead of standard pin-hole images to gain an understanding of the scene. We present novel innovations that will contribute to the perception stacks which will dramatically revolutionize how self-driving cars create scene context while navigating in complex environments

MixPose

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Yoga streaming with AI

Cameraah

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cameraah is on a mission to democratize Augmented Reality experiences for Social, Web and Commerce. Our goal is to enable brands and influencers to create their own AR experiences in a fast, easy and affordable manner. Cameraah, a self service platform, where brands / marketers / SMBs / Enterprises can sign up and publish AR experiences either picking (and customizing) our pre-made templates or leveraging our creator network for a customized AR experience.

ELANZA Wellness

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ELANZA Wellness is building a virtual nurse for fertility clinics. Our mission is to help millions of doctors deliver better care.

Parabol

Series A in 2021
Parabol, Inc. develops an open-source meeting application tailored for remote and agile teams. Founded in 2015 and located in Alhambra, California, Parabol enables both distributed and in-house teams to conduct effective meetings and retrospectives without the need for physical tools like sticky notes. The platform facilitates real-time and asynchronous collaboration, allowing teams to communicate across different time zones seamlessly. It automatically generates summaries of discussions, integrating team notes and tasks into a cohesive overview that is shared with all stakeholders. Parabol also provides insights into team performance by analyzing meeting data, helping leaders identify obstacles and enhance productivity. The application is compatible with various project management tools, allowing users to export tasks to platforms like Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and Slack.

Black Oak TV

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Black Oak TV focuses on digital media, film, television, video streaming, and content such as black web series. They created short films, TV shows, movies, and more to check out on their website, YouTube, Facebook, and IG. Their company has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Oakland.

SoLo Funds

Series A in 2021
SoLo Funds, Inc. is a mobile money exchange and lending platform that connects lenders and borrowers, allowing users to borrow on their own terms and lenders to benefit from their contributions. Established in 2015 and based in New York City, SoLo Funds operates as an alternative financial solution, offering rapid loan options to borrowers while providing lenders with significant value. The platform has evolved from a unique lending marketplace into a comprehensive community banking solution that leverages individual capital, insurance, and banking products, supported by advanced A.I. underwriting technology.

Neolth

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Neolth offers on-demand, individualized mental health support specifically designed for high school and college students in the United States. By assessing students' health, Neolth provides personalized behavioral practices that can be completed on its platform. The company focuses on delivering self-guided care through a behavioral treatment technique that includes tailored stress management plans based on neuroscience. Students have access to various resources, including relaxation practices, instructional videos, and live-stream events, all aimed at enhancing emotional awareness and reducing the stigma associated with mental health. Neolth's solution is convenient, affordable, and designed to meet students' needs whenever and wherever they require support.

AQUAOSO

Funding Round in 2021
AQUAOSO Technologies, Inc. is a company specializing in water risk management and mitigation tools tailored for the agricultural sector. Established in 2016 and located in Folsom, California, AQUAOSO leverages data science and machine learning to provide comprehensive insights into water data, enabling users to better understand and manage water-related risks. The company's platform offers a range of services, including mapping, research, and risk analysis, designed for financial institutions, investors, and agricultural operators. By providing an accessible water score, AQUAOSO helps farmers and water managers identify, monitor, and mitigate issues related to water scarcity, thereby enhancing decision-making in the modern agricultural economy.

Polygon

Seed Round in 2021
Polygon is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in providing remote psychological evaluations and support for individuals with learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD. The company employs licensed psychologists to conduct comprehensive self-assessments, delivering personalized reports that include diagnoses and intervention strategies. By focusing on remote diagnostics and support, Polygon aims to equip individuals with the necessary tools to thrive academically and personally, ensuring that those with learning differences have access to the resources they need to succeed.

Automotus

Seed Round in 2021
Automotus, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing computer vision software designed to enhance traffic and parking management through the utilization of existing camera networks. By providing cities with advanced video analytics, Automotus enables communities to better respond to the evolving dynamics of urban mobility, where trends such as ride-sharing and delivery services are increasingly prevalent. The company offers tools and data that facilitate effective city planning and resource allocation for parking and traffic management. Automotus's solutions automate on-ground parking operations and deliver real-time insights, thereby assisting urban planners in making informed decisions about mobility ecosystems.

Floodlight

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Floodlight platform enables investment professionals to assess the qualitative impact of corporations. creates software to help investment managers and financial advisors build values-aligned investment portfolios. It will assist companies in holding their own standards and removing ambiguity from the assets and ownership of the broader investment community.

Edith

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Edith Labs focuses on helping students build long-term relationships with mentors through income share agreements.

UNPACKING

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Learning management platform for social change.

Kriptos

Seed Round in 2021
Kriptos helps businesses locate their most critical information and prevent data leakage through software that analyzes, classifies, and labels documents automatically. Our technology includes three algorithms of AI to locate: -Confidential, Restricted, Internal Use, and Public documents. -Documents with Personal Data (GDPR, CCPA). -Documents with Credit/Debit Card number (PCI DSS).

Sēkr

Seed Round in 2021
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

Crowdz

Series A in 2020
Crowdz provides invoice-financing opportunities to companies in global supply chains—a $9 trillion market that SMEs traditionally have been excluded from. The need for such financing is greater than ever before. Some 93% of all supply-chain participants are SMEs, and half of these suffer cashflow shortages as they wait for 90 to 120 days or more to be paid. Crowdz’s global invoice auction solves this problem by directing competitive, low-cost financing to SMEs while offering high returns to funders seeking better investments.

Crosscope

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Crosscope is a medical AI software company developing cutting-edge deep learning technology for pathologists to speed up diagnosis and deliver data-driven insights through imaging biomarkers in rendering a more accurate and reliable cancer diagnosis.

Trust & Will

Series B in 2020
Trust & Will is an online platform that simplifies the estate planning process by providing users with the tools to create wills, trusts, and other legal documents related to asset distribution. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company aims to make estate planning easy, fast, and secure, although it does not replace professional legal advice for complex estate matters. By guiding clients through the creation of essential legal documents, Trust & Will helps individuals save on legal fees while ensuring their wishes are properly documented. The company has received backing from various venture capital firms and angel investors, reflecting its commitment to improving access to estate planning resources.

Warmly

Series A in 2020
Warmly, Inc. develops a software that helps users in getting new warm leads by finding users and prospects when they move to a new company. The company’s platform also helps users to find qualified leads, save accounts before they churn, cross-sell into new departments, and leverage customers for warm intros. Warmly, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Spora Health

Seed Round in 2020
Spora Health, Inc. operates as a telemedicine provider that recognizes lived experiences and works to create health solutions. It provides treatments in the areas of allergies, cold and flu, infections, digestive system, musculoskeletal, reproductive system, and skin conditions. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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