The House Fund is a venture capital firm established in 2016, based in Berkeley, California. It focuses on investing in pre-seed and early-stage startups, particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and software as a service. The firm aims to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem at UC Berkeley, which has produced notable companies such as Tesla and Apple. By fostering innovation and collaboration among local entrepreneurs, The House Fund has made over 50 investments and facilitated approximately $2 billion in follow-on funding, alongside achieving 10 successful exits. This positions The House Fund as a vital hub for emerging businesses in the Berkeley area.
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Limited
Pre Seed Round in 2025
Limited offers a global self-custodial experience, allowing global customers to spend, save, invest, and transact globally.
Perceptis AI
Seed Round in 2025
Perceptis is AI-powered service for creating professional business proposals.
Genmo
Series A in 2024
Genmo is an artificial intelligence creative content generation platform that specializes in developing creative products.
Cashmere AI
Seed Round in 2024
Cashmere AI is a private messaging service made with the intention of making fan chats profitable. The company's platform enables easy communication between creators and followers by providing paid direct messages to cut through the clutter and interactive text and voice discussions.
Savvy Wealth
Series A in 2024
Savvy Wealth is a digital-first platform designed to modernize the wealth management industry for financial advisors. Recognizing the inefficiencies in traditional practices, Savvy provides integrated technology that enhances client experience and streamlines operations. By acquiring established wealth management firms, Savvy empowers these advisors to leverage AI-powered software, sales and marketing automation, and improved back office workflows. This approach allows financial advisors to increase their revenue potential while minimizing the need for additional staff. Ultimately, Savvy Wealth aims to transform the financial advisory landscape by enabling advisors to focus more on client engagement and growth.
Moonware
Seed Round in 2024
Moonware is focused on automating ground operations for the passenger, cargo, defense, and advanced air mobility sectors. Its flagship product, HALO, is an innovative Ground Traffic Control platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency in air transportation. By enabling faster turnarounds, reducing block times and delays, and maximizing asset utility, Moonware aims to transform airfields into fully connected and intelligent environments. This vision includes managing aircraft autonomously from touchdown to takeoff, thereby optimizing ground operations in real-time and supporting the next generation of air travel. The company is located in Los Angeles, California.
Parade
Venture Round in 2023
Parade operates a mobile marketplace designed for the long-haul trucking industry, focusing on enhancing freight brokerage and capacity management. The company's technology connects carriers seeking backhaul opportunities with shippers, streamlining the process of booking loads and improving efficiency. By notifying carriers when their freight schedules are at risk, Parade helps them avoid unnecessary storage fees and detention costs. The platform integrates with existing tools to facilitate carrier relationship management, availability tracking, and pricing strategies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Parade has established itself as a valuable resource for top freight brokerages looking to optimize their operations.
Prime Roots
Series B in 2023
Prime Roots is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in plant-based food products, particularly meat and seafood alternatives. Utilizing koji mycelium, the company creates vegetarian offerings such as salmon burgers that replicate the taste, texture, and nutrition of traditional meat and seafood. By leveraging natural koji proteins, Prime Roots aims to reduce the reliance on carbon-intensive animal agriculture, providing both meat-eaters and vegans with protein-rich and sustainable food options. In addition to its product offerings, the company also organizes food events for its members.
Two Boxes
Seed Round in 2023
Two Boxes is focused on transforming the e-commerce returns process into a sustainable and efficient system. The company has developed a returns processing platform that aims to enhance the handling of product returns while capturing essential data. Its solutions are designed to maximize the value of returned items and reduce the environmental impact associated with returns. By providing brands with quick, reliable, and sustainable returns processing options, Two Boxes enables businesses to effectively resell returned inventory, thereby benefiting both the environment and their bottom line.
Crowdbotics
Series B in 2023
Crowdbotics Corporation is a software development company that provides an application builder platform aimed at streamlining the creation and deployment of web and mobile applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Richmond, California, Crowdbotics enables product managers and developers to transform ideas into functional code by utilizing a comprehensive library of millions of production-grade software components. The platform employs systematic code reuse and artificial intelligence to match specific application requirements with existing code modules, enhancing efficiency and reducing risk. Additionally, Crowdbotics offers ongoing support services, including infrastructure management, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and security for applications throughout their lifecycle, which allows businesses to focus on achieving their objectives while minimizing development time.
Alkimiya Protocol
Venture Round in 2023
Alkimiya Protocol is a developer of an open-source, permissionless platform that focuses on creating financial instruments backed by actual hash power production. The protocol utilizes smart contracts to enable miners to sell their future production rewards for a predetermined amount. This innovation allows users to design and deploy hash power-backed financial instruments from any location, leveraging the latest web and mobile technologies to generate revenue. By facilitating a new way for miners to monetize their production, Alkimiya Protocol aims to enhance the financial landscape within the cryptocurrency sector.
Savvy Wealth
Series A in 2022
Savvy Wealth is a digital-first platform designed to modernize the wealth management industry for financial advisors. Recognizing the inefficiencies in traditional practices, Savvy provides integrated technology that enhances client experience and streamlines operations. By acquiring established wealth management firms, Savvy empowers these advisors to leverage AI-powered software, sales and marketing automation, and improved back office workflows. This approach allows financial advisors to increase their revenue potential while minimizing the need for additional staff. Ultimately, Savvy Wealth aims to transform the financial advisory landscape by enabling advisors to focus more on client engagement and growth.
Breef
Venture Round in 2022
Breef is a marketing agency platform that connects brands with boutique agencies to fulfill their digital and creative needs. Founded in New York by George Raptis and Emily Bibb, Breef allows users to post projects and find suitable agencies for various purposes, including digital marketing, web development, paid advertising, branding, creative campaigns, and public relations. The platform streamlines the process of finding and engaging with agencies, enabling clients to save time and resources on their advertising campaigns.
Moonware
Seed Round in 2022
Moonware is focused on automating ground operations for the passenger, cargo, defense, and advanced air mobility sectors. Its flagship product, HALO, is an innovative Ground Traffic Control platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency in air transportation. By enabling faster turnarounds, reducing block times and delays, and maximizing asset utility, Moonware aims to transform airfields into fully connected and intelligent environments. This vision includes managing aircraft autonomously from touchdown to takeoff, thereby optimizing ground operations in real-time and supporting the next generation of air travel. The company is located in Los Angeles, California.
Realcast
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Realcast is an augmented reality studio that specializes in developing video games and interactive experiences for extended reality. Founded by two veterans from the video game industry, known for their contributions to popular titles, the company focuses on creating innovative multi-user interaction games. By leveraging advanced technology and interactive content, Realcast aims to offer immersive experiences across various wireless devices, allowing gamers to engage with virtual and mixed-reality environments.
Opaque Systems
Series A in 2022
Opaque Systems is a startup that provides secure data analytics and machine learning services in the cloud. The company specializes in enabling organizations to analyze encrypted data without exposing it in an unencrypted form, thus ensuring data privacy. Their platform, built on the open-source MC2 Platform, incorporates advanced technologies such as secure hardware enclaves and cryptographic fortification. This allows users to utilize familiar tools like Apache Spark for various data-related tasks, including running SQL queries, performing complex analytics, and executing ETL (extract, transform, load) pipelines on encrypted data. Additionally, Opaque facilitates the secure training of machine learning models on sensitive data, enhancing privacy through federated learning and server-side aggregation of client updates.
Dynaboard
Seed Round in 2022
At Dynaboard we’re focused on advancing web application development beyond the text editor. With built in real-time code collaboration tools, optimized UI/UX components, database & app integrations, and built-in performance & security best practices, we've unlocked application development for everyone on your team. Engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders use Dynaboard to ship incredible custom software.
Pebble
Seed Round in 2022
Pebble is the first financial product where you are paid to save, spend, and send your money — all in one balance.
Dayslice
Seed Round in 2022
Dayslice is a company focused on providing part-time earning solutions through its innovative software designed for solopreneurs. The platform enables individuals, including parentpreneurs and independent coaches, to establish storefronts that streamline their business operations. By simplifying the management of business tasks, Dayslice allows users to dedicate more time to their core activities and creative pursuits. The company's mission is to create a flexible work environment that accommodates the diverse needs of those seeking part-time opportunities while enhancing productivity and value delivery to their audiences. Dayslice is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.
Tatem
Seed Round in 2022
Tatem is a productivity-focused company that specializes in developing intelligent software aimed at enhancing workplace efficiency. The company's primary offering is a SaaS-based task management tool designed to increase productivity, engagement, and job satisfaction among users. This tool includes an advanced email management system featuring an artificial intelligence-powered split inbox and smart replies, which help users streamline their email workflow and save time. By providing these innovative solutions, Tatem enables businesses to reorganize tasks and concentrate on their core work activities, ultimately fostering a more productive work environment.
Eventual
Venture Round in 2022
Eventual is a data platform that helps data scientists and engineers build data applications across ETL, analytics and ML/AI. Eventual is the developer behind Daft, an open-sourced query engine that runs on 800k CPU cores daily. Which is more compute than Frontier, the world's largest supercomputer! Today's data tooling (Spark, Presto, Snowflake) was built for a world of tabular data analytics, but does not generalize to the needs of modern ML/AI such as multimodal data, heterogenous compute and user-defined Python algorithms. Eventual and Daft bridge that gap, making ML/AI workloads easy to run alongside traditional tabular workloads. Eventual was founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Ponder
Seed Round in 2022
Ponder Data Inc. provides enterprise-ready tools for rapid, flexible experimentation with data at scale. Ponder makes data teams more productive by enabling them to get insights faster with tools they know and love.
Block Tackle
Seed Round in 2022
Block Tackle is a San-Francisco-based studio dedicated to creating the first generation of fun-first blockchain games. It is actively building an engaged community around its debut game, SkateX, in the run-up to its highly anticipated drop of a collection of 3D animated skateboard NFTs.
NuCicer
Seed Round in 2022
NuCicer is focused on transforming chickpeas from a niche ingredient into a staple superfood by developing new varieties with enhanced agronomic and quality traits. The company specializes in producing chickpeas that feature increased protein content, improved flavor, and tailored nutritional properties. Utilizing a diverse chickpea breeding library alongside a proprietary breeding innovation platform that integrates plant genetics and machine learning, NuCicer aims to address the growing demands for nutritious and sustainable food sources. Their efforts not only enhance the nutritional value of chickpeas but also aim to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture, supporting the needs of the alternative-meat sector and promoting a more sustainable food system.
Laurel
Series B in 2022
Laurel is an AI company that specializes in automating time and billing processes for professional services, particularly within enterprise law firms. Its advanced timekeeping software platform utilizes artificial intelligence to streamline the creation of timesheets by capturing and analyzing data related to time spent on specific matters. This innovative approach enables professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, to gain insights into their time management, improving accuracy and structure in their time reporting. By shifting away from manual timekeeping methods, Laurel's technology not only alleviates administrative burdens but also enhances revenue potential for firms and supports a more efficient future of work.
Marvin
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Hi, hello, and welcome. We're Marvin, a qualitative user research platform for research, product, design and consulting teams across the globe. Our aim is to help companies like yours build better products and services for your customers. Analyzing qualitative data has always been the key, and we make it super simple to learn about your users' wants and needs. Built to work with all your favorite videoconferencing platforms, Marvin automates the tedious aspects of user research — like setting up the interviews, recording the calls, taking notes, and transcribing conversation — so you’re free to uncover rich insights about what your customers really need. Every product enhancement and capability comes directly from listening to the people who use Marvin every day. We wake up every day to make something you (and your users) will fall in love with.
Parade
Series A in 2022
Parade operates a mobile marketplace designed for the long-haul trucking industry, focusing on enhancing freight brokerage and capacity management. The company's technology connects carriers seeking backhaul opportunities with shippers, streamlining the process of booking loads and improving efficiency. By notifying carriers when their freight schedules are at risk, Parade helps them avoid unnecessary storage fees and detention costs. The platform integrates with existing tools to facilitate carrier relationship management, availability tracking, and pricing strategies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Parade has established itself as a valuable resource for top freight brokerages looking to optimize their operations.
MicroByre
Venture Round in 2022
MicroByre, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing genetically tractable strains from non-model micro-species, focusing on the genetic engineering of bacteria for industrial applications. MicroByre has created a platform for bacterial domestication that utilizes an automated characterization pipeline to identify underutilized bacteria with favorable metabolic traits. These bacteria are capable of converting unrefined biomasses into commodity chemicals more efficiently than traditional fermentation processes. The company’s innovative approach involves minimal genetic modifications to enhance the bacteria's flexibility and yield, reduce the need for nutritional additives, and improve resistance to contamination and phage attacks. By bridging the gap between promising scientific advances and practical applications, MicroByre positions itself as a valuable partner for various industries, offering collaborative opportunities through service agreements or joint development projects.
Bubble Insurance
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bubble enables homeowners to easily protect their homes, loved ones and everything else under their roof, with simple, affordable and online insurance purchase, seamlessly integrated within the real estate and mortgage transaction. Bubble's current consumer platform - www.getmybubble.com - offers a unified, online way to customize and purchase home and/or term life insurance, with online auto, umbrella and pet insurance coming soon.
MosaicVoice
Seed Round in 2022
MosaicVoice makes it easy for call centers to automate their Quality Assurance function. Our software listens to customer conversations in real-time and identifies and alerts agents and managers to any compliance violations as they happen.
Klothed Technologies
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Klothed is an AI driven shopping experience. Browse tens of thousands of in-season items from hundreds of retailers and thousands of brands AND try-on every single item. Our patent pending AI system creates realistic images of you trying on clothing from two images: 1) A simple, clothed image of you (e.g. jeans + t-shirt); and 2) An image of a fashion model wearing an outfit. It’s free for shoppers and takes under 2 min to get going. Klothed has created "Try (virtually) before you buy for online clothing shopping." Our generative AI system leverage the latest in computer graphics, vision, and machine learning to create a social and style-focused experience for shoppers to virtually try-on clothing. Our unique technology creates a comfortable, frictionless solution allowing shoppers to have fun and engaging experiences while trying on clothing and sharing their looks with friends. With Klothed, anyone can see themselves in personalized, photo-realistic try-on images while shopping online - now virtual clothing try-on is frictionless, accurate, and everywhere.
Arize
Series A in 2021
Arize AI, Inc. is a company that develops a machine learning observability platform aimed at enhancing the performance and reliability of production artificial intelligence systems. Founded in 2020 and based in Mill Valley, California, the company provides a real-time analytics solution that enables organizations to monitor their AI models effectively. By leveraging advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, Arize AI helps clients identify and troubleshoot issues, thereby reducing uncertainty and facilitating ongoing improvements in their AI operations. The platform is designed to support machine learning operations teams in diagnosing problems and optimizing model performance.
Safely You
Series A in 2021
SafelyYou is the artificial intelligence-enabled fall detection and prevention for dementia care.
Ambi Robotics
Series A in 2021
Ambi Robotics is an artificial intelligence and robotics company founded in 2018 and based in Berkeley, California. The company focuses on developing advanced AI-powered robotic systems aimed at enhancing e-commerce operations and simplifying supply chain processes. Ambi Robotics offers a range of innovative solutions, including a robotic put wall, a configurable modular kitting line, and a sophisticated robot operating system that utilizes simulation-to-reality technology. These systems are designed to improve operational accuracy and efficiency while helping clients reduce costs, ultimately allowing human workers to focus on more complex tasks.
Databricks
Series H in 2021
Databricks Inc. offers a unified data analytics cloud platform that simplifies data engineering and supports collaborative data science. Its core product, Databricks, enables organizations to process and analyze large datasets efficiently, leveraging tools like Apache Spark. The platform is designed for real-time experimentation and robust deployment of production applications, catering to developers and data scientists. Additionally, Databricks provides Databricks Delta, a data management system that combines the scalability of a data warehouse with low-latency streaming capabilities. The company also offers MLflow for managing the machine learning lifecycle and Delta Lake for handling batch and streaming data. Databricks serves a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in London, Amsterdam, and Bengaluru, Databricks has established strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings and foster innovation in data and AI technologies.
Flume
Seed Round in 2021
Flume is a modern fiber company bringing new home broadbands options. The company builds and deploys advanced edge technology that allows unused fiber to be activated for home broadband. Flume was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York, United States.
Upscribe
Seed Round in 2021
Upscribe is a subscription software company that empowers eCommerce merchants to enhance their subscription offerings for physical products. By providing tools to manage membership pricing, adjust product selections, and control shipping options, Upscribe enables direct-to-consumer businesses to foster long-lasting relationships with their customers. The software is designed not only to streamline subscription management but also to drive subscriber growth and reduce churn, helping merchants optimize their operations in the evolving subscription economy.
Opaque Systems
Seed Round in 2021
Opaque Systems is a startup that provides secure data analytics and machine learning services in the cloud. The company specializes in enabling organizations to analyze encrypted data without exposing it in an unencrypted form, thus ensuring data privacy. Their platform, built on the open-source MC2 Platform, incorporates advanced technologies such as secure hardware enclaves and cryptographic fortification. This allows users to utilize familiar tools like Apache Spark for various data-related tasks, including running SQL queries, performing complex analytics, and executing ETL (extract, transform, load) pipelines on encrypted data. Additionally, Opaque facilitates the secure training of machine learning models on sensitive data, enhancing privacy through federated learning and server-side aggregation of client updates.
Symbio Robotics
Venture Round in 2021
Symbio Robotics, Inc. is an Emeryville, California-based company that specializes in developing industrial automation systems through robotics and artificial intelligence technologies. Founded in 2014, the company focuses on creating digital control solutions designed to eliminate production bottlenecks in various customer applications. In addition to its software development, Symbio Robotics provides consulting, training, and support services to enhance the implementation and efficiency of its automation solutions.
Companion
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Companion helps consumers get personalised advice and unbiased recommendations specific to their needs for a renovation or multi-room design project, enabling them to save time and money. It is an interior design recommendation platform.
Ambi Robotics
Venture Round in 2021
Ambi Robotics is an artificial intelligence and robotics company founded in 2018 and based in Berkeley, California. The company focuses on developing advanced AI-powered robotic systems aimed at enhancing e-commerce operations and simplifying supply chain processes. Ambi Robotics offers a range of innovative solutions, including a robotic put wall, a configurable modular kitting line, and a sophisticated robot operating system that utilizes simulation-to-reality technology. These systems are designed to improve operational accuracy and efficiency while helping clients reduce costs, ultimately allowing human workers to focus on more complex tasks.
OwnTrail
Seed Round in 2020
OwnTrail is a technology platform designed to assist individuals in achieving their aspirational goals by leveraging an experience graph of people's lives. The platform enables users to share and explore personal and professional journeys, particularly focusing on the experiences of women. Members can share inspiring stories, ask questions, show appreciation, and provide insights, fostering a supportive community. By connecting users through their pivotal milestones, OwnTrail facilitates meaningful interactions and encourages personal growth through shared experiences.
Bubble Insurance
Seed Round in 2020
Bubble enables homeowners to easily protect their homes, loved ones and everything else under their roof, with simple, affordable and online insurance purchase, seamlessly integrated within the real estate and mortgage transaction. Bubble's current consumer platform - www.getmybubble.com - offers a unified, online way to customize and purchase home and/or term life insurance, with online auto, umbrella and pet insurance coming soon.
Augmental
Seed Round in 2020
Augmental Tech develops technology that integrates with the human body that enables to access information without the use of hands. The company actively developing discreet hands-free interfaces for people with both situational and severe motor impairment. They want to help others to overcome the physical and sensory limitations of the body and see the mouth as unexplored real-estate for human-computer interaction. Augmental Tech enabling access to computers and increased autonomy for those living with paralysis of the upper extremities. They allowing interaction with a mobile device when constraints imposed by context prevent the use of hands. Augmental Tech was founded in 2019 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jitsu
Seed Round in 2020
Jitsu is an open-source data integration and event collection platform designed for modern data teams. Founded in 2019 and based in Berkeley, California, Jitsu provides tools for capturing data from web applications, mobile apps, physical devices, and various software as a service platforms. Its features include event capture, JavaScript tracking, and connectors that facilitate integration without locking users into a specific data warehouse. The platform can automatically resolve user geo-location based on IP address and filter out bots by parsing user agents, enabling a comprehensive understanding of device types. By integrating data from over 140 external services, Jitsu helps businesses consolidate their data into a single database, ensuring it is prepared for analytics. The company was previously known as kSense, Inc. before rebranding to Jitsu in October 2020.
Prime Roots
Series A in 2020
Prime Roots is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in plant-based food products, particularly meat and seafood alternatives. Utilizing koji mycelium, the company creates vegetarian offerings such as salmon burgers that replicate the taste, texture, and nutrition of traditional meat and seafood. By leveraging natural koji proteins, Prime Roots aims to reduce the reliance on carbon-intensive animal agriculture, providing both meat-eaters and vegans with protein-rich and sustainable food options. In addition to its product offerings, the company also organizes food events for its members.
Raise Commercial Real Estate
Series A in 2020
Raise Commercial Real Estate, Inc. specializes in providing comprehensive commercial real estate brokerage services tailored for startups and high-growth companies seeking office spaces. The firm offers a range of planning services, including financial analysis, legal assistance, zoning, and site selection. Additionally, Raise provides buildout services encompassing workplace strategy, project management, and architectural support. Its operations services comprise move coordination, office management, furniture procurement, and lease administration. The company also assists clients with document management and commute analysis. Established in 2015 and originally known as HelloOffice, Inc., it rebranded to Raise Commercial Real Estate in November 2020. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has additional offices in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
PsiQuantum
Series C in 2020
PsiQuantum is focused on developing the first utility-scale quantum computer to address significant global challenges. The company utilizes photonic qubits, which offer substantial advantages for creating a fault-tolerant, general-purpose quantum computer. By leveraging advanced semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, PsiQuantum aims to deliver quantum technology that can foster advancements across various sectors, including climate, healthcare, finance, energy, agriculture, transportation, and communications. This innovative approach positions PsiQuantum to contribute meaningfully to solving real-world problems through enhanced computational capabilities.
Brightflow AI
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Brightflow AI is a financial intelligence company that offers forecasting and financing tools tailored for small and mid-sized business owners. Founded in 2019 by Jeffrey Priebe and Robbie Bhathal, the company is headquartered in Walnut, California. Its platform facilitates the monitoring of cash flow for businesses operating on e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Amazon. By providing real-time cash forecasts and visual representations of cash inflow and outflow, Brightflow AI helps users develop comprehensive financial business plans. This enables entrepreneurs to gain a deeper understanding of their financial insights and enhance their overall financial management.
LatchBio
Pre Seed Round in 2020
LatchBio is a company that specializes in developing a bioinformatics platform aimed at supporting cell and gene therapy startups. Established in 2021 by Alfredo Andere, Kyle Giffin, and Kenny Workman, LatchBio provides an open-source machine learning and cloud infrastructure tailored for the biotech sector. Its platform modernizes the computing capabilities available to biotech labs by offering custom workflows, pipelines, and machine learning models that can be utilized across various scales. This infrastructure enables scientists to efficiently create bioinformatic queries without requiring extensive command-line knowledge or dealing with complex setups. By streamlining data integration and processing, LatchBio helps biotech companies accelerate therapeutic discovery and reduce engineering costs.
Anyscale
Series A in 2019
Anyscale, Inc. is a technology company based in Berkeley, California, founded by the creators of the open-source project Ray. It specializes in developing distributed programming platforms and tools that simplify the creation and scaling of artificial intelligence applications. Anyscale's software enables developers and machine learning engineers to effortlessly scale their applications from local environments to the cloud, eliminating the need for complex infrastructure. The company's framework allows users of varying skill levels to build and deploy compute-intensive applications efficiently, facilitating faster and more cost-effective market entry for AI products. Anyscale aims to enhance the end-to-end AI lifecycle, making it accessible for organizations to leverage AI technologies.
Placement
Seed Round in 2019
Placement operates a platform that assists individuals in finding job opportunities in thriving urban areas. The company provides a range of services including career coaching, live workshops, and various tools aimed at reducing obstacles to geographic mobility. By facilitating job transitions, Placement enables users to advance their careers, achieve promotions, and develop leadership skills without incurring upfront costs. The platform emphasizes personalized support, offering real assistance from professionals to help users secure better job prospects and potentially increase their earnings significantly.
Raise Commercial Real Estate
Seed Round in 2019
Raise Commercial Real Estate, Inc. specializes in providing comprehensive commercial real estate brokerage services tailored for startups and high-growth companies seeking office spaces. The firm offers a range of planning services, including financial analysis, legal assistance, zoning, and site selection. Additionally, Raise provides buildout services encompassing workplace strategy, project management, and architectural support. Its operations services comprise move coordination, office management, furniture procurement, and lease administration. The company also assists clients with document management and commute analysis. Established in 2015 and originally known as HelloOffice, Inc., it rebranded to Raise Commercial Real Estate in November 2020. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has additional offices in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
Queenly
Seed Round in 2019
Queenly is an online marketplace designed specifically for the formalwear industry, connecting sellers and buyers of dresses for occasions such as prom, pageants, quinceañeras, and weddings. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company has quickly gained traction, establishing the largest inventory of formal dresses in the United States, surpassing well-known retailers. Queenly's platform includes features that allow users to conduct custom searches and negotiate prices, facilitating a flexible purchasing experience. The company emerged from the Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch and has attracted significant investment, positioning itself as a vital player in a market that has traditionally been underserved. By catering to a community of dress enthusiasts, Queenly aims to address the challenges associated with high-priced, low-usage formalwear inventory.
MicroByre
Seed Round in 2019
MicroByre, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing genetically tractable strains from non-model micro-species, focusing on the genetic engineering of bacteria for industrial applications. MicroByre has created a platform for bacterial domestication that utilizes an automated characterization pipeline to identify underutilized bacteria with favorable metabolic traits. These bacteria are capable of converting unrefined biomasses into commodity chemicals more efficiently than traditional fermentation processes. The company’s innovative approach involves minimal genetic modifications to enhance the bacteria's flexibility and yield, reduce the need for nutritional additives, and improve resistance to contamination and phage attacks. By bridging the gap between promising scientific advances and practical applications, MicroByre positions itself as a valuable partner for various industries, offering collaborative opportunities through service agreements or joint development projects.
Dyndrite
Series A in 2019
Dyndrite Corp. develops a manufacturing software. The company offers a geometry software that allows users to draw things. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Ramon, California.
Forte
Venture Round in 2019
Forte is building economic technology for games that is secure, easy to use, and fully compliant. Its end-to-end blockchain platform enables the emergence of community economics, a system where the interests of game developers and players are aligned, leading to healthier, sustainable game communities. The team is composed of longtime industry members (Unity, ngmoco, Riot Games, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Rockstar Games, among others), and is currently working with over 25 acclaimed game developers from across the globe to reimagine the economics of games.
Oxygen
Seed Round in 2019
Oxygen is a financial technology company that caters to digital natives, creators, and entrepreneurs by offering a modern banking platform for both personal and business accounts. Its application, available on iOS and Android, provides users with a seamless experience featuring no monthly fees, early direct deposit, simple transfers, cashback rewards, high-yield savings, and various retail and travel benefits. In addition to banking services, Oxygen also emphasizes technology solutions, offering businesses tools to enhance efficiency and productivity. The company ensures secure data management through robust backup and recovery processes that comply with industry standards, thereby safeguarding clients' financial and operational data. With a focus on user-friendly solutions, Oxygen aims to support its clients in navigating the complexities of modern finance and technology.
Iota Biosciences
Series A in 2018
Iota Biosciences, Inc. is a medical device company based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in the development of wireless sensors and devices aimed at monitoring, measuring, and stimulating internal nerves, muscles, and organs for electroceutical applications, particularly in the treatment of immune and neural disorders. The company has pioneered neural dust technology, utilizing implantable, mote-sized ultrasonic sensors that enable untethered and real-time wireless cortical recordings, improving the methods by which physicians monitor and treat various diseases. Iota's mission is to create safe and effective bioelectronic devices that transform disease management and enhance patient care. As a subsidiary of Astellas Pharma, Iota is committed to leveraging innovative science and technology to advance the field of bioelectronics and make a meaningful impact on patients' lives.
Unite Genomics
Seed Round in 2018
Unite Genomics is a health technology company focused on advancing medicine through large-scale analysis of genomic and health data. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Alameda, California, United States.
Oasis Labs
Series A in 2018
Oasis Labs, Inc. is a company that operates a blockchain platform focused on scalable and privacy-preserving smart contracts. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Oasis Labs provides a privacy-first cloud computing solution that supports the development of decentralized applications. The platform enables the creation of smart contract applications that prioritize privacy while maintaining high performance and scalability. By addressing challenges related to data management and security, Oasis Labs aims to facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology in real-world applications and empower businesses to leverage decentralized trust without compromising privacy.
Elph
Seed Round in 2018
Elph is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in creating a portal for decentralized applications. Founded in 2018, Elph combines a token-curated app store with decentralized identity solutions and secure digital asset storage. The platform aims to simplify the use of blockchain-based applications by enabling consumers to easily store, manage, and transact their cryptocurrencies. Through its innovative approach, Elph enhances the security and scalability of digital payments, making it easier for users to engage with the growing landscape of decentralized finance.
Boxbot
Seed Round in 2018
Boxbot is a technology company based in Alameda, California, specializing in parcel logistics automation. Its proprietary software and hardware platform enhances package handling by transforming traditional conveyors into three-dimensional systems. This modular solution allows for the efficient storage, sorting, and sequencing of various package sizes while occupying a minimal physical footprint. By integrating robotics and automated systems, Boxbot addresses key operational challenges in last-mile logistics, facilitating faster and more efficient routing of packages within warehouses. The company's innovations aim to reduce costs associated with last-mile delivery, ultimately improving the overall experience for both suppliers and consumers.
Superhuman
Series A in 2018
Superhuman is a software platform that enhances email management by integrating social insights into users' workflows. It offers an email extension application designed to improve electronic mailing services through features such as AI writing and summarization. The platform supports Gmail shortcuts, allowing users to snooze conversations as needed, thereby enabling them to concentrate on priority tasks and maintain a more organized inbox. By providing quick and effective email services, Superhuman aims to increase productivity for its users.
AgVend
Seed Round in 2018
AgVend Inc. operates an online platform that facilitates connections between farmers and agricultural retailers, allowing farmers to search for and purchase crop protection inputs and other services at their convenience. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, AgVend's digital commerce platform provides retailers with tools to market their offerings and maintain control over the customer experience. The platform includes a sales hub and customer portal that centralize and organize disparate information, enabling users to access real-time data related to agronomy, grain, and energy sectors. This digital enablement solution empowers agribusinesses and their customers with the necessary tools to enhance their operations and improve efficiency.
Wetravel
Seed Round in 2018
Wetravel, Inc. operates an online platform designed to facilitate the organization and management of group trips, including dance tours, yoga retreats, and other multi-day travel experiences. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows trip organizers to create customized booking pages in a matter of minutes. These pages enable users to promote trips, invite participants through social media and email, and manage financial transactions securely, collecting deposits and setting up payment plans. Wetravel supports various payment methods, including bank and credit card transactions, and offers features such as automatic image imports, traveler information collection, reviews, and post-trip surveys. The platform is particularly beneficial for travel companies and individuals organizing diverse travel experiences, as it streamlines logistics and enhances the overall planning process.
Blitz App
Seed Round in 2018
Redefining competitive gaming with a revolutionary desktop app - League of Legends, TFT, Runeterra, and Valorant. Free download: http://blitz.gg
O.School
Venture Round in 2017
O.School operates a sexual wellness education platform focused on pleasure education. The platform utilizes live streaming technology and moderated chats to create a shame-free environment where users can learn about sexual health and pleasure. It aims to help individuals unlearn shame, heal from sexual trauma, and develop essential communication skills for expressing their desires and boundaries. O.School fosters an inclusive space that supports diverse sexual identities, allowing users to explore and own their desires without fear of judgment. Through its innovative approach, O.School seeks to empower billions of people on their journey toward enhanced sexual well-being.
Laurel
Seed Round in 2017
Laurel is an AI company that specializes in automating time and billing processes for professional services, particularly within enterprise law firms. Its advanced timekeeping software platform utilizes artificial intelligence to streamline the creation of timesheets by capturing and analyzing data related to time spent on specific matters. This innovative approach enables professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, to gain insights into their time management, improving accuracy and structure in their time reporting. By shifting away from manual timekeeping methods, Laurel's technology not only alleviates administrative burdens but also enhances revenue potential for firms and supports a more efficient future of work.
WanderJaunt
Seed Round in 2017
WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled property management solutions for travelers, homeowners, and accommodations from around the world.
Dyndrite
Seed Round in 2017
Dyndrite Corp. develops a manufacturing software. The company offers a geometry software that allows users to draw things. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Ramon, California.
Zendar
Series A in 2017
Zendar Inc. specializes in the manufacture of high-resolution radar systems for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2017 and located in Berkeley, California, the company offers a product that merges the advantages of radar technology, such as long-range capabilities and all-weather functionality, with the resolution typically associated with lidar systems. Zendar's radar solutions are designed to enhance the safety and reliability of self-driving cars, allowing them to operate effectively in adverse weather conditions. Through its innovative technology, Zendar aims to enable true all-weather autonomy for autonomous vehicles, ensuring safer driving experiences in challenging climatic environments.
DeepScribe
Pre Seed Round in 2017
DeepScribe Inc, established in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, offers an AI-powered medical scribe platform that automates the process of medical documentation for healthcare providers. The technology uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to capture and transcribe clinical conversations in real time, extracting pertinent medical information and organizing it into cohesive medical notes. This fully automated solution alleviates the burden of documentation from clinicians, allowing them to concentrate on patient care. DeepScribe's user-friendly mobile application and its integrations with various electronic health record (EHR) vendors enhance the efficiency of capturing documentation, ultimately transforming the way healthcare providers deliver services.
Boxbot
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Boxbot is a technology company based in Alameda, California, specializing in parcel logistics automation. Its proprietary software and hardware platform enhances package handling by transforming traditional conveyors into three-dimensional systems. This modular solution allows for the efficient storage, sorting, and sequencing of various package sizes while occupying a minimal physical footprint. By integrating robotics and automated systems, Boxbot addresses key operational challenges in last-mile logistics, facilitating faster and more efficient routing of packages within warehouses. The company's innovations aim to reduce costs associated with last-mile delivery, ultimately improving the overall experience for both suppliers and consumers.
DeepScale
Seed Round in 2017
DeepScale, Inc. is a technology company specializing in perceptual system software for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company focuses on enabling automakers to utilize low-wattage processors for improved perception capabilities. DeepScale's technology incorporates artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms to create advanced driver-assistance systems. The company develops a visual perception platform that utilizes training data and innovative deep neural network architectures to enhance vehicle awareness of their surroundings in real time. In 2019, DeepScale became a subsidiary of Tesla, further integrating its advanced perception technologies into the evolving landscape of autonomous driving.
The Essential
Pre Seed Round in 2017
The Essential, formerly known as Move, operates as an innovative e-commerce platform focused on delivering high-quality groceries in a convenient box format. The company aims to enhance the food value chain by providing affordable and ethical options for consumers. Each box includes a week's worth of essentials, such as fresh milk, farm-raised meat, frozen seafood, organic butter, eggs, cheese, and seasonal vegetables, catering to various dietary restrictions. By prioritizing quality and value, The Essential strives to offer the best possible products at competitive prices, making it easier for customers to access their daily necessities.
Kura Technologies
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Kura Technologies, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, specializes in the development of advanced augmented reality glasses and multimodal AI platforms. The company aims to enhance human capabilities through innovative technology that integrates visual, voice, motion, and gesture inputs. Kura's augmented reality glasses feature high-resolution micro-displays, bio-sensor inputs, and real-time visual capabilities, allowing users to interact with their environment more effectively. These glasses address key challenges in the adoption of augmented reality by providing immersive experiences and clear visuals, even in daylight. Kura's technology supports various applications, including global telepresence, training, and visualization, and employs advanced AI techniques for real-time information retrieval. The company's team, comprised of experienced professionals and graduates from prestigious institutions, contributes to its goal of revolutionizing augmented reality and wearable technology.
Asaii
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Asaii is an automated machine learning A&R and music management platform. The company builds tools that make it easier to discover and develop talent. By aggregating and generating insights on the digital footprints of content and talent on the internet, Asaii contextualizes and creates structures for music business folks. Asaii has built a recommendation engine to quickly identify future and budding hits. Asaii offers two products: a music management dashboard for A&Rs to quickly scout and manage talent and an API for services to integrate a recommendation engine into their platforms. Asaii was founded in August 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California. Asaii was acquired by Apple in October 2018 for under $100 million.
Distributed Systems
Seed Round in 2017
Distributed Systems (acq. Coinbase) allows teams to build, deploy, and scale machine intelligence applications. They are currently focused on making recent advances in computer vision and deep learning more accessible to developers.
Determined AI
Seed Round in 2017
Determined AI is a machine learning tech company that revolutionizes the way deep models are trained and deployed. The company reduces time-to-market by increasing developer productivity, improving resource (GPU) utilization, and reducing risk.
Nefeli Networks
Venture Round in 2016
Founded in 2016, Nefeli Networks is creating the next generation of software for managing and operating large scale networks. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, California, United States.
PeerWell
Seed Round in 2016
PeerWell, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. The company develops an application aimed at assisting candidates for hip and knee replacements in optimizing their health prior to surgery. Its PreHab application combines evidence-based medical content with advanced technology to provide users with tools to prepare both physically and mentally for surgery. This platform not only supports patients in managing pain and immobility but also offers customized daily lessons to facilitate recovery. PeerWell collaborates with various stakeholders, including Workers' Compensation leaders, health plans, and managed care organizations, to enhance patient outcomes and streamline the surgical experience.
Flexport
Series B in 2016
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that offers online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a comprehensive online dashboard that allows businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track essential services for global trade. Flexport's offerings include customs brokerage, which encompasses customs clearances, bonds, product classification, and government filings, as well as freight forwarding services such as ocean, air, and road transport. The company also delivers supply chain solutions, including cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, fulfillment, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of goods to fulfillment centers.
Fabric
Seed Round in 2016
Fabric is a personal location-based journal that catalogs experiences and interactions. With Fabric, users can automatically preserve a record of places, paths, activities, add friends, and browse photos.
Ayar Labs
Seed Round in 2016
Ayar Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of optical interconnect technology, focusing on high-density electronic-photonic chiplets and lasers designed to enhance data transmission capabilities. Its flagship product, TeraPHY, is a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution that enables high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects, making it suitable for applications in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cloud computing, telecommunications, and aerospace. The company's innovative approach leverages industry-standard silicon processing techniques to create optical interconnect chiplets that replace traditional electrical-based I/O, addressing performance and efficiency challenges in the semiconductor and computing industries. By optimizing data movement within AI systems, Ayar Labs aims to alleviate compute and bandwidth bottlenecks associated with complex large language models, thereby maximizing computational efficiency while minimizing costs and power consumption. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Ayar Labs also has an office in Santa Clara, California.
Symbio Robotics
Seed Round in 2016
Symbio Robotics, Inc. is an Emeryville, California-based company that specializes in developing industrial automation systems through robotics and artificial intelligence technologies. Founded in 2014, the company focuses on creating digital control solutions designed to eliminate production bottlenecks in various customer applications. In addition to its software development, Symbio Robotics provides consulting, training, and support services to enhance the implementation and efficiency of its automation solutions.
PsiQuantum
Series A in 2016
PsiQuantum is focused on developing the first utility-scale quantum computer to address significant global challenges. The company utilizes photonic qubits, which offer substantial advantages for creating a fault-tolerant, general-purpose quantum computer. By leveraging advanced semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, PsiQuantum aims to deliver quantum technology that can foster advancements across various sectors, including climate, healthcare, finance, energy, agriculture, transportation, and communications. This innovative approach positions PsiQuantum to contribute meaningfully to solving real-world problems through enhanced computational capabilities.
Gradescope
Seed Round in 2016
Gradescope enables instructors to grade paper-based assignments online in half the time, for free. Their product has already been used to grade over 3 million pages of work belonging to over 30,000 students at over 100 schools. The company's mission is to enable data-driven education for teachers and students while being backwards compatible with paper. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Berkeley, California, United States.
Flowcast
Convertible Note in 2016
Flowcast Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Singapore, founded in 2015. It specializes in designing and developing machine learning algorithms to create predictive models that assist financial institutions in making informed credit decisions. The company offers several solutions, including Smartcredit for detailed company information, Smartclaims for automating the deduction claims process, and Tillful, which provides credit scores and access to credit offers. Flowcast's models assess various risk factors, such as a business's ability to repay loans, the likelihood of dilution, and the risk of delinquency. By leveraging proprietary and alternative data, its API-based solutions enable real-time updates and monitoring of borrower risk assessments, providing clear insights into creditworthiness and repayment behaviors. Flowcast serves a diverse clientele, including corporations, financial institutions, and insurance providers.
Distributed Systems
Seed Round in 2016
Distributed Systems (acq. Coinbase) allows teams to build, deploy, and scale machine intelligence applications. They are currently focused on making recent advances in computer vision and deep learning more accessible to developers.
Lily
Series A in 2015
Lily started in September 2013 in the basement of a UC Berkeley robotics lab, where Henry and Antoine built the first prototype using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. In Spring of 2014, leading investors Shana Fisher and SV Angel supported the Lily vision and showed them the yellow brick road. Along the way, Robb gave Lily a heart, Rowland gave Lily courage, and Nghia gave Lily a brain. Our mission is to release human creativity by inventing tools that allow for effortless expression. We believe that great products are built with a clear purpose.
Eko Health
Venture Round in 2015
Eko Health is a leading digital health company advancing how healthcare professionals detect and monitor heart and lung disease with its portfolio of digital stethoscopes, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Its FDA-cleared platform is used by hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide, allowing them to detect earlier and with higher accuracy, diagnose with more confidence, manage treatment effectively, and ultimately give their patients the best care possible. Eko Health is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with over $125 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Questa Capital, Artis Ventures, DigiTx Partners, NTTVC, Morningside Technology Ventures Limited, Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, and others. For more information visit www.ekohealth.com.
tbh
Seed Round in 2013
tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedback on social networks.
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