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.

Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Max Kelly

Managing Director of Techstars London

Lesa Mitchell

Managing Director

Vijay Tirathrai

Managing Director

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area

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.

CropConex

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MixPose

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Yoga streaming with AI

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.

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.

UNPACKING

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

Edith Labs

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

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).

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.

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.

Solid

Series A in 2020
Solid, formerly known as Wise, is a modern banking platform that provides digital banking services tailored for small businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Solid enables e-commerce platforms to seamlessly embed banking services within their applications, facilitating business management for online retailers. The platform offers tools for businesses to integrate banking solutions into their operations, including the provision of business checking accounts. Solid is supported by various investors, including e.ventures, Base10, Grishin Robotics, and Abstract Ventures, positioning itself as a comprehensive banking solution for modern business needs.

Tune AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Tune AI is a cloud-based platform designed to assist data science teams, developers, and students in managing and collaborating on deep learning projects. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Tune AI simplifies the process of setting up AI projects, allowing users to begin their work without the need for prior experience or extensive setup time. The platform offers a user-friendly interface that facilitates seamless integration and enhances project completion rates and engagement. With over a thousand users relying on its services each month, Tune AI aims to streamline the process of developing AI solutions through a single, accessible workbench.

TradeLanes

Seed Round in 2020
TradeLanes is a technology company that automates supply chain for traders, shippers, and merchants. It developed a SaaS platform that brings global trade operations entirely online - from generating the contract to allocating inventory, to booking a shipment, to delivery. Its system allows all parties to collaborate digitally, from one set of data and documents. TradeLanes aims to power frictionless global trade for all. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Oakland, California.

Ohwow!

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Ohwow! is a file sharing and remote collaboration app which is mobile-first, easy-to-use, and designed ground-up for media sharing. It enables users to share and organize photos/videos in bulk and communicate with any remote creative team in real-time. The company is headquartered in Stanford, California.

Neolth

Pre Seed Round in 2020
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.

Cast Corporation

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cast Corporation, founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing a unique cast player that utilizes audio and video to clarify complex concepts. The company generates audio and video reports from data, delivering insights through customer-facing casts that interpret financial and revenue information to encourage high-value actions. Cast Corporation's offerings include financial casts, research reports, investor relations, personal finance, wealth management, retirement investment, college savings plans, asset management, revenue intelligence, and customer success business reviews.

Sequel.io

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Introvoke Inc. develops an online live streaming platform for videos and events. It offers Introvoke, a SaaS platform that enables users to host and view live events, webinars, sessions, and conferences; and online ticket payment and repayment. The company also provides Introvoke Streamer, a mobile application to go live for virtual events. Its platform is used in virtual events, hybrid events, enhanced chat, virtual networking, and video library applications. Introvoke Inc. was formerly known as Eleat Lunch Inc. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California with an additional office in Medford, Massachusetts.

Wysefit

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Wysefit is a fitness center specifically designed for adults over 50, focusing on extending healthy lifespans through personalized fitness plans. The company offers custom programs created by physical therapists that cater to individual health conditions and mobility limitations. These programs provide data-driven recommendations and measurable benefits, ensuring that older adults can stay fit and active in a way that is engaging and relatable. Additionally, Wysefit incorporates progress tracking, coaching, and community support, fostering motivation and a sense of belonging among its users.

Kintsugi

Pre Seed Round in 2020
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.

Dieta, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Dieta, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that develops an application focused on managing digestive health, particularly for individuals suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The app allows users to input detailed information about their food intake, physical activity, medications, and digestive health metrics. By utilizing machine learning algorithms and data science techniques, Dieta's platform analyzes this data to provide personalized insights and recommendations aimed at preventing digestive issues and alleviating symptoms associated with IBS. This innovative approach assists users in improving their overall quality of life by offering tailored guidance based on their unique health profiles.

Kiddo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
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.

Beem

Pre Seed Round in 2020
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.

Yunit

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Developer of an investment application designed to facilitate community investing. The company's platform features a savings account that notifies the selected friends of withdrawals and seeks approval from them while keeping account balances and other information private, enabling users to save money by having friends act as the first line of defense from dipping into the savings account.

GYANT

Series A in 2020
GYANT.com, Inc. is a technology company based in Corte Madera, California, that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based chatbot application designed to enhance the connection between physicians and patients. The company's primary offering, the GYANT platform, assists healthcare providers by facilitating initial diagnostics, treatment recommendations, and prescription guidance through targeted patient inquiries. GYANT serves a variety of healthcare entities, including hospitals, health systems, and integrated delivery networks, aiming to streamline the patient experience. By implementing digital patient journeys, GYANT helps these organizations effectively capture new patients, improve service for existing ones, and automate various processes across their operations. Incorporated in 2016, GYANT focuses on creating solutions that navigate patients to appropriate care settings and in-network resources.

Solid

Seed Round in 2020
Solid, formerly known as Wise, is a modern banking platform that provides digital banking services tailored for small businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Solid enables e-commerce platforms to seamlessly embed banking services within their applications, facilitating business management for online retailers. The platform offers tools for businesses to integrate banking solutions into their operations, including the provision of business checking accounts. Solid is supported by various investors, including e.ventures, Base10, Grishin Robotics, and Abstract Ventures, positioning itself as a comprehensive banking solution for modern business needs.

ManiMe

Series A in 2020
Mani.Me, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells ready-to-wear manicures. It offers stick on gels made with 3D printing technology. The company sells its products online. Mani. Me, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

MyFavorito

Pre Seed Round in 2020
MyFavorito is an open CRM-tech platform for B2C brands and retailers to establish direct and highly active relationships with their millions of customers. That’s the number one future growth driver. MyFavorito provides a cloud-based, mobile-first, DIY CRM-tech platform that consists of irresistible engagement tools, 360-degree-view customer database and an AI-driven, fully automated sales engine to send the right message at the right time - directly to the right customer’s smartphone. MyFavorito addresses all critical success factors to increase engagement, loyalty, referrals, store visits (online and offline) and sales. In just one year, initial customers (such as McDonald’s and Diageo) built 20X more customer relationships on MyFavorito than on typical ad-tech / social media platforms, resulting in more than 25,000 additional visits per store and $125,000 additional revenue in selected pilot stores. Interested customers can try MyFavorito for free for 30 days. For more information, please visit www.myfavorito.com.

SwingVision

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SwingVision provides real-time video analysis and coaching to athletes using proprietary machine vision on just a single smartphone.

A-Champs

Seed Round in 2020
A-Champs Ltd specializes in the manufacturing and development of sports goods and wearable technology aimed at enhancing physical activity and training experiences. Founded in 2008 and based in Menlo Park, California, the company offers innovative products such as ROXs pro, a real-life gaming console designed to encourage children to engage in physical play rather than screen time. ROXs is recognized for its interactive gaming system that combines digital gaming concepts with outdoor activity, effectively drawing kids away from their screens. Additionally, A-Champs provides aerofloor, a rehabilitation tool for athletes with joint issues, and cardiocage, an interactive device utilizing light and sound stimulation for training. The company's software further assists users in tracking and analyzing their workout activities, promoting a healthier lifestyle through engaging and effective training solutions.

StoreCash

Seed Round in 2020
StoreCash provides the only solution for the unbanked to request, receive and instantly use funds on a mobile device without needing a bank account. They do this by partnering with merchants to utilize closed loop technology. StoreCash is currently working towards a pilot with Western Union to provide WU users with the opportunity to give money senders a free option, meanwhile the merchant oversees the transaction fees.

Apres

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Apres Technologies, Inc, doing business as Apres, develops an analytics platform which is built to scale and explain artificial intelligence decision making. The platform have the features, such as labeling the data, analyzing the results, explaining decisions and data services. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in San Francisco, California.

mello

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Mello helps companies to measure, track, and action on burnout. Its vision is to bring well-being to every teams' workflow.

Tribe XR

Pre Seed Round in 2020
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.

Audigo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Audigo Labs, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a pocket-sized recording studio designed for musicians, podcasters, and content creators. Founded in 2019, Audigo provides a platform that enables users to capture, edit, and share professional-quality audio and video recordings. The company offers a mobile audio and video creation device that enhances recording capabilities through additional hardware and software subscriptions. Its technology supports live streaming, multi-user collaboration, and efficient distribution, allowing content creators in the entertainment industry to produce high-quality content spontaneously and effectively.

Blue Studios

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Blue Studios is a live-stream and on-demand platform, like Peloton, broadcasting the best and most entertaining STEM classes for kids, whether it be coding, robotics, botany, or microbiology. The company's mission is to teach a billion kids STEM skills.

Designhubz

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Designhubz Inc is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in software as a service (SaaS) solutions for e-commerce retailers, focusing on web augmented reality (AR) and three-dimensional (3D) product visualization. The company provides low-cost, automated robotic rigs that capture and digitize physical inventory with a simple click. Through its SaaS platform, Designhubz seamlessly integrates with these rigs, allowing retailers to display their products in 3D and browser-based AR on their websites and mobile applications. This technology enhances the online shopping experience by creating immersive, interactive online stores and is also applicable for in-store shopping environments.

Invincible

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Invincible is a developer of a community application aimed at supporting children with type 1 diabetes and other chronic conditions throughout their lives. The mobile app connects families with schools, healthcare professionals, and various environments where children engage, fostering an ecosystem that encourages children to develop skills to manage their health. By providing essential resources and facilitating communication between families and caregivers, Invincible enables users to access care and support for chronic health issues effectively.

Symba

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Symba Inc. is an internship management platform that offers a comprehensive solution for companies to efficiently manage their internship programs. Founded in 2017 and based in Fountain Hills, Arizona, Symba's platform enables organizations to streamline various aspects of their internship processes, including training, project management, performance measurement, and offboarding. The user-friendly software supports employers in facilitating project workflows and building meaningful relationships with interns, thereby enhancing oversight and transparency. By providing actionable data, Symba assists companies in tracking their recruitment efforts and optimizing their internship experiences. The company is led by a diverse all-female founding team with expertise in software, marketing, and business, which contributes to its mission of creating valuable internship experiences.

Warmly

Pre Seed Round 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.

Serendipia Life

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Serendipia Life, Inc., a living as a service company that operates a global network of community and coworking spaces. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Kai XR

Pre Seed Round in 2020
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.

TomoCredit

Seed Round in 2019
TomoCredit LLC, established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, focuses on providing innovative credit solutions tailored for Millennials, particularly those with no credit history or credit score. The company manufactures electronic smart and credit cards that enable users to build credit and qualify for loans by utilizing a proprietary algorithm to analyze alternative data sources. In addition to its credit card offerings, TomoCredit has developed a mobile application that allows users to manage their accounts effectively. The founding team, composed of immigrant founders, aims to address the challenges faced by foreign nationals in accessing credit, drawing on their backgrounds from notable institutions such as Coinbase, The Kenetic Hedge Fund, and Google, as well as prestigious educational establishments like MIT and UC Berkeley.

Kriptos

Seed Round in 2019
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).

Saara AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
AI-powered returns management solution for eCommerce businesses, retailers and D2C brands

Orbit Fab

Seed Round in 2019
Orbit Fab offers a supply of satellite propellant in Earth Orbit that expands the operational potential of new and existing space assets. It develops the infrastructure needed to grow a thriving in-space market for products and services that support both existing space businesses (communications and Earth observation) and new industries like space tourism, manufacturing, and mining. The future for satellites is no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 by its Co-Founders Daniel Faber and Jeremy Schiel.

Suggestic

Seed Round in 2019
Suggestic, Inc. develops an application that provides automated and personalized lifestyle and nutrition coaching. Its application helps users in defining diet plans and provides recommendations for restaurant menu items. The company serves clinicians, nutritionists, patients, and healthcare teams, as well as publishers and authors. Suggestic, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

ADEx

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ADEx is a next generation contract review platform powered by artificial intelligence. ADEx uses artificial intelligence to analyze legal documents to help you extract the information you need efficiently and accurately. It provides an intuitive user interface for reviewing your documents, but behind its user-friendly frontend lies a powerful backend engine. It utilizes deep learning models to learn from a large corpus of existing legal documents. It also incorporates individual users’ behavior in real-time AI models, so the document review process dynamically adapts and conforms to their needs.

Caria

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Caria is a digital therapeutics company focused on supporting women during perimenopause, menopause, and beyond. It offers a platform that combines behavioral science with symptom tracking and personalized health insights, allowing women to effectively manage the challenges associated with these life stages. Through data-driven care and a supportive community, Caria provides resources that empower women to navigate the effects of menopause with confidence. The company aims to address age-related conditions and improve the overall well-being of its users by leveraging cognitive behavioral therapy and other therapeutic approaches.

Twelve

Seed Round in 2019
Opus 12 captures carbon emissions where pollution is generated and turns the CO2 into chemicals like methane, ethylene, and ethanol. Their technology bolts onto any source of CO₂ emissions, and with only water and electricity as inputs, transforms that CO₂ into some of the world's most critical chemical products. The company plans to recycle CO2 emissions into liquid fuels and chemical precursors cost-competitively with petroleum-sourced products. It also develops a profitable solution to carbon emissions by recycling CO₂ into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. It is based in Berkeley, California.

Seel

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Kover, formerly known as Omnipool, is an online insurance platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in providing customized insurance solutions tailored for freelancers and individuals engaged in everyday activities. Kover offers a range of products, including iPhone protection insurance and income loss protection for Uber and Lyft drivers, all accessible through its blockchain-based platform. By focusing on common, everyday risks rather than infrequent catastrophes, Kover aims to create a new category of insurance that delivers peace of mind to its users.

2ndNature

Pre Seed Round in 2019
2ndNature is a developer of stormwater management software focused on assisting municipalities in effectively managing stormwater assets. The company's platform enhances transparency and accountability in urban land management by streamlining compliance with Clean Water Act requirements. It facilitates the management of stormwater resources through benchmarking program effectiveness and reporting progress towards clean water objectives. This geospatial solution empowers local and state government staff, enabling them to measure program performance and build healthier, more sustainable communities.

Ambit

Venture Round in 2019
Ambit Analytics is internet company helps leaders build collaborative teams through insights on how they talk and listen. A spin-off from SRI International, the birthplace of Apple’s Siri and Nuance, Ambit leverages world-class audio AI technology to quantify verbal communication and uses those metrics to train people to become better communicators. Ambit Analytics is headquartered in San Francisco.

Diana AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Developer of an AI-based platform designed to provide voice-enabled access to enterprise data. The company's conversational business intelligence and analytics tool allow interacting with the data using natural language via voice or text, helping non-technical users to get insights from the data without the use of coding or SQL.

Octane Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Made by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, the Octane mobile application provides a video game like cruising experience, in addition to a map-based database of stunning routes and car-related events.

Tuffel Corporation

Pre Seed Round in 2019
They revolutionize how they build and use household power tools using the latest and greatest technologies in Machine Learning and IoT.As builders, we were often left wondering why there is a big mismatch between the technologies that go into building today’s power tools versus the technologies that go into building many, many IoT devices that exist today. Most power tools were invented over multiple decades, or even more than a century, ago, and their designs and functions have not changed much since then. This means that many functions that could easily be improved with modern technologies have not been improved. For example, many tools do not provide enough, if any, monitoring insights, leaving the users to only guess when the tools need repairs or when they will stop functioning.

Anycart

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Anycart is a meal discovery and grocery shopping platform based in Mountain View, California. The application enables users to search for meals they wish to prepare, surfacing relevant recipes that incorporate the necessary ingredients, which can be added to their preferred grocery delivery cart. It offers step-by-step video cooking instructions to guide users through the cooking process, making meal planning accessible and affordable. Additionally, Anycart suggests other recipes that utilize any excess ingredients, helping users minimize waste while enhancing their cooking experience.

Seel

Convertible Note in 2019
Kover, formerly known as Omnipool, is an online insurance platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in providing customized insurance solutions tailored for freelancers and individuals engaged in everyday activities. Kover offers a range of products, including iPhone protection insurance and income loss protection for Uber and Lyft drivers, all accessible through its blockchain-based platform. By focusing on common, everyday risks rather than infrequent catastrophes, Kover aims to create a new category of insurance that delivers peace of mind to its users.

Faster Than Light

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Faster Than Light is the Simplest, Fastest Way for Developers and Startups to Run Static Analysis Tests.Soho Token Labs Inc. (doing business as “Faster Than Light”) is the maker of BUGCATCHER (also referred to as “The Bugcatcher” and “BugCatcher”) which is an application designed to help you test your code. In this policy “we”, “us”, etc. refers to Soho Token Labs, Inc., while “BugCatcher” refers to the BugCatcher software. Sites refers to fasterthanlight.dev, bugcatcher.fasterthanlight.dev and any other websites operated by Soho Token Labs, Inc.

Ejenta

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Ejenta Inc. develops an intelligent personal assistant platform that leverages artificial intelligence to understand users' daily activities, monitor adherence to mission plans, and provide personalized advice and support. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Ejenta's technology is built on exclusively licensed NASA research spanning two decades, focusing on intelligent agents, human-robot interaction, and security. The platform integrates wearable and environmental sensors to collect real-time behavioral data, allowing users to interact with their personal agents through mobile devices, Smart TVs, and natural language interfaces. Ejenta's technology is currently utilized in NASA's Mission Control for the International Space Station and is applicable across various industries, including space, government, and healthcare.

Cruz Foam

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Cruz Foam, Inc. is a company that manufactures structural foams by transforming chitin, a biopolymer derived from shrimp shells, into eco-friendly materials. Founded in 2017 and based in Santa Cruz, California, Cruz Foam aims to address the global challenge of plastic pollution by providing bio-benign foam solutions that serve as alternatives to traditional expanded polystyrene (EPS). The company's products are designed for various applications, including consumer packaging, consumer electronics, automotive, and B2B packaging. By utilizing waste materials from the seafood industry, Cruz Foam offers a scalable and compostable solution that aligns with existing supply chains and maintains competitive pricing. Its partnerships with key industry leaders reflect the commitment to fostering a cleaner environment through sustainable practices.

Fabrica

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Fabrica Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in streamlining real estate transactions through its online platform. Established in 2008, the company offers a comprehensive solution that automates various aspects of real estate transactions, including document signing, notarization, ownership transfer, payment processing, and tax filing reminders. The platform also facilitates property owners in buying and selling real estate properties efficiently. By leveraging advancements in technology, Fabrica aims to transform the real estate industry, making transactions simpler and more accessible while reducing reliance on traditional paperwork. The company’s innovative approach includes the integration of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the potential use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to enhance the management of real estate transactions.

Solid

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Solid, formerly known as Wise, is a modern banking platform that provides digital banking services tailored for small businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Solid enables e-commerce platforms to seamlessly embed banking services within their applications, facilitating business management for online retailers. The platform offers tools for businesses to integrate banking solutions into their operations, including the provision of business checking accounts. Solid is supported by various investors, including e.ventures, Base10, Grishin Robotics, and Abstract Ventures, positioning itself as a comprehensive banking solution for modern business needs.

North Loop

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Borderless banking for global citizens

StoreCash

Pre Seed Round in 2019
StoreCash provides the only solution for the unbanked to request, receive and instantly use funds on a mobile device without needing a bank account. They do this by partnering with merchants to utilize closed loop technology. StoreCash is currently working towards a pilot with Western Union to provide WU users with the opportunity to give money senders a free option, meanwhile the merchant oversees the transaction fees.

Track Tennis

Pre Seed Round in 2019
They install/connect to a basic CCTV camera + put up a poster that lets players check in. Their ML automates a judge (scoring), coach (suggestions to improve), photographer (best outtakes to share on social media) and rater (gives a rating relative to other players).