Ulu Ventures

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto, California-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology-driven startups across the United States. Founded in 2008, it focuses on internet-enabled consumer and business services and a broad range of sectors including EdTech, FinTech, healthcare, sustainability, enterprise IT, SaaS, IoT, digital media, mobile, agtech, and marketplaces. The firm emphasizes backing diverse entrepreneurial teams and typically engages in co-investments with other investors to pursue meaningful exits. It is described as the first Latina-led venture fund in Silicon Valley and is among the larger seed-focused vehicles in the region.

Kathy Chen

Partner

Kevin Hoffberg

Venture Partner

Clint Korver Ph.D

Managing Director

Stephen Malinak

Venture Partner

Steve Reale

Venture Partner

Past deals in SaaS

NewRetirement

Series A in 2024
NewRetirement is a company that offers a retirement planning and management platform. It serves both individual consumers directly and enterprises through white-label solutions or API integrations. The platform assists users in managing various aspects of retirement, including income, healthcare, taxes, and fees. Through content, software, coaching, classes, and advisors, NewRetirement helps users optimize their retirement strategies across multiple factors such as Social Security, Medicare, home equity, asset drawdown, relocation, work, and estate planning. Additionally, the platform provides on-demand fee-only advice to support collaborative decision-making for a better financial future.

Wisetack

Venture Round in 2024
Wisetack operates a technology platform that enables in-person businesses to offer consumer-friendly financing options at the point of sale. Its platform integrates seamlessly with existing software platforms, allowing businesses to provide real-time lending solutions and enhance sales.

Lokker

Venture Round in 2024
Lokker is a company that specializes in website privacy solutions, focusing on the protection of both corporate and customer data. It provides a comprehensive platform that enables businesses to gain control over the private data circulating within their web operations. By offering tools for privacy diagnostics, management, and governance, Lokker helps organizations identify and manage unauthorized sharing of sensitive information. The company’s services include real-time detection and response to privacy threats, functioning as a protective barrier against illicit data collection online. Through these capabilities, Lokker empowers companies to enhance their privacy measures and respond effectively to data protection challenges.

Suma Wealth

Venture Round in 2024
SUMA, LLC is a financial wellness company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2019. The company focuses on promoting financial inclusion within the Latino community by providing a comprehensive platform that combines digital media, financial technology, and virtual experiences. SUMA aims to educate and empower individuals by offering culturally relevant content and tools that simplify complex topics such as investment and debt management. Its mission is to help Latinos navigate financial challenges, enhance their economic knowledge, and build sustainable wealth, ultimately positioning itself as a trusted resource for fostering financial well-being and prosperity.

Mon Ami

Seed Round in 2023
Mon Ami is a platform-based company that serves both individuals and care providers for seniors. Its consumer-facing application connects college students with seniors and families to arrange companionship and support for conditions including dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism, and cancer. The company also offers a HIPAA-compliant software platform for aging and disability service providers that digitizes care delivery, streamlines operations, increases care capacity, and enables reporting on senior well-being. By partnering with agencies nationwide, Mon Ami aims to digitize frontline care and improve outcomes through a single integrated platform. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California, with operations across California.

ADEii Health

Funding Round in 2023
ADEii Health is dedicated to addressing the mental health crisis by closing the labor gap in mental health services. The company collaborates with school districts, higher education institutions, community health organizations, and healthcare providers to deliver tailored behavioral health and wellness services that meet specific community needs. ADEii Health enhances access to professional licensing and facilitates connections between communities and behavioral health teams. Additionally, it utilizes technology to streamline intake and assessment processes, thereby improving the overall consistency and quality of care. Through these initiatives, ADEii Health aims to strengthen the healthcare industry's capacity to respond effectively to the demands for mental health support.

Leadsales

Seed Round in 2023
LeadSales is a developer of customer relationship management software tailored for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. The company focuses on transforming commerce by enabling businesses to manage their interactions with consumers through online conversational platforms, such as WhatsApp. Its software streamlines the handling of sales leads, assigns status to those leads, and facilitates the development of effective strategies to enhance business processes. By centralizing contacts and automating sales lead generation on social platforms, LeadSales empowers businesses to increase sales, improve customer service, and efficiently manage various aspects of their operations, including conversational sales, order fulfillment, and payments.

Boombox

Seed Round in 2023
Boombox develops a collaboration platform for musicians to simplify their work. The platform supports remote songwriting collaboration, manages song splits, and enables publishing content. It allows artists to assign tasks, save audio tracks, collaborate more efficiently, get paid, and reach audiences.

Eskalera

Seed Round in 2023
Eskalera Inc., established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, specializes in designing and developing human resource software for large and mid-sized businesses. The company's primary offering is Eskalera Engage, an AI-driven platform that integrates diversity and inclusion insights with core HR data to provide actionable employee experience signals. This enables companies to enhance workplace culture, improve employee engagement, productivity, and growth. Eskalera also provides skill-based programs tailored to address specific organizational needs.

Gable

Series A in 2023
Gable is a workspace-as-a-service platform designed to facilitate hybrid work environments for remote professionals and companies. It allows users to find and book neighborhood workspaces that accommodate small groups of four to twenty people, promoting effective collaboration among employees in close proximity. Gable prioritizes safety and quality by conducting background and health checks on all users and ensuring that each workspace meets specific quality standards. The platform provides essential amenities, including WiFi, phone services, kitchen facilities, and collaborative tools like printers and whiteboards. By enabling access to flexible workspaces, Gable supports a productive and connected work experience for remote teams.

Cenoa

Seed Round in 2023
Cenoa is a financial technology company that offers a borderless superwallet application aimed at enhancing access to dollar-based products in emerging markets. The platform allows users to buy dollars at real exchange rates and convert their assets into digital assets seamlessly. Cenoa's service is designed to be secure and user-friendly, with no associated fees, enabling customers to earn fair yields on their investments. Users can withdraw their funds at any time, providing flexibility and convenience in managing their financial assets.

Axiom Cloud

Series A in 2023
Axiom Cloud, based in Oakland, California, specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions for commercial refrigeration applications, primarily serving supermarkets across North America. The company's platform focuses on power management and maintenance, offering tools like the Virtual Technician, which predicts equipment failures before they occur, and the Virtual Battery, which optimizes energy use by pre-cooling cases and intelligently managing compressor loads. Axiom Cloud targets the retail grocery sector, charging customers an initial setup fee for installing and configuring their IoT platform, along with recurring subscription fees for cloud-based software applications. The company was founded in 2014.

Assemble

Seed Round in 2022
Assemble is a compensation management platform designed to help organizations make systematic compensation decisions. It aims to attract, motivate, and retain employees while eliminating inequitable pay.

Leadsales

Seed Round in 2022
LeadSales is a developer of customer relationship management software tailored for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. The company focuses on transforming commerce by enabling businesses to manage their interactions with consumers through online conversational platforms, such as WhatsApp. Its software streamlines the handling of sales leads, assigns status to those leads, and facilitates the development of effective strategies to enhance business processes. By centralizing contacts and automating sales lead generation on social platforms, LeadSales empowers businesses to increase sales, improve customer service, and efficiently manage various aspects of their operations, including conversational sales, order fulfillment, and payments.

Snowball Wealth

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Snowball Wealth, Inc. is a financial management company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing personalized guidance for student loans and broader financial planning, focusing on debt management, retirement, and investment strategies. The company has developed a mobile platform that combines community engagement, social challenges, and AI-driven planning to assist users in addressing financial challenges. By fostering an open dialogue around debt, income, and investing, Snowball Wealth aims to alleviate the stigma associated with these topics. Its innovative approach empowers individuals to make informed financial decisions, manage their student debt effectively, and build generational wealth through tailored advice and resources.

Gable

Series A in 2022
Gable is a workspace-as-a-service platform designed to facilitate hybrid work environments for remote professionals and companies. It allows users to find and book neighborhood workspaces that accommodate small groups of four to twenty people, promoting effective collaboration among employees in close proximity. Gable prioritizes safety and quality by conducting background and health checks on all users and ensuring that each workspace meets specific quality standards. The platform provides essential amenities, including WiFi, phone services, kitchen facilities, and collaborative tools like printers and whiteboards. By enabling access to flexible workspaces, Gable supports a productive and connected work experience for remote teams.

Kogniz

Series A in 2022
Kogniz employs AI and computer vision to provide a leading proactive safety platform for enhancing workplace safety and security. Its flagship product, Kogniz AssureAI, can be implemented swiftly and integrates with existing infrastructure. Over three million employees rely on Kogniz for safer spaces, with solutions addressing occupational hazards, workplace violence, evacuations, personnel accountability, anomalous behavior detection, and vaccine management.

LexCheck

Seed Round in 2022
LexCheck develops AI-based software for efficient contract review. Its platform automates drafting, accelerates reviews, mitigates risks, and conserves resources. It serves law firms and in-house counsel, helping them manage obligations and correct common errors.

Onuu

Seed Round in 2022
Onuu is a financial technology company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. It develops a SaaS-based financial platform designed to promote financial stability for individuals who lack access to essential financial products. The platform offers personalized life insurance, savings, and credit card solutions, along with a tailored financial literacy experience and digital guidance for each member. By focusing on financial security and education, Onuu aims to empower users to achieve greater financial independence and resilience.

Eskalera

Funding Round in 2022
Eskalera Inc., established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, specializes in designing and developing human resource software for large and mid-sized businesses. The company's primary offering is Eskalera Engage, an AI-driven platform that integrates diversity and inclusion insights with core HR data to provide actionable employee experience signals. This enables companies to enhance workplace culture, improve employee engagement, productivity, and growth. Eskalera also provides skill-based programs tailored to address specific organizational needs.

Sika Health

Seed Round in 2022
Sika Health is a New York-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in payment solutions for the healthcare sector. It develops technology that integrates health wallets, allowing users to manage expenses related to medical bills, dental care, medications, and other health-related costs. By partnering with health and wellness brands, Sika Health's platform facilitates customer engagement at the point of sale, enabling consumers to utilize their health benefits accounts effectively. This innovative approach not only minimizes the risk of cart abandonment but also supports users in making financially sound decisions that align with their long-term health objectives.

MosaicVoice

Seed Round in 2022
MosaicVoice provides an AI-based platform for call centers to ensure compliant customer conversations. The system listens to live voice and video calls, identifies compliance violations as they happen, and alerts agents and managers. It equips agents with real-time guidance and analytics across calls, helping businesses track compliance and outcomes through automated insights rather than manual oversight.

NewRetirement

Seed Round in 2021
NewRetirement is a company that offers a retirement planning and management platform. It serves both individual consumers directly and enterprises through white-label solutions or API integrations. The platform assists users in managing various aspects of retirement, including income, healthcare, taxes, and fees. Through content, software, coaching, classes, and advisors, NewRetirement helps users optimize their retirement strategies across multiple factors such as Social Security, Medicare, home equity, asset drawdown, relocation, work, and estate planning. Additionally, the platform provides on-demand fee-only advice to support collaborative decision-making for a better financial future.

Gable

Seed Round in 2021
Gable is a workspace-as-a-service platform designed to facilitate hybrid work environments for remote professionals and companies. It allows users to find and book neighborhood workspaces that accommodate small groups of four to twenty people, promoting effective collaboration among employees in close proximity. Gable prioritizes safety and quality by conducting background and health checks on all users and ensuring that each workspace meets specific quality standards. The platform provides essential amenities, including WiFi, phone services, kitchen facilities, and collaborative tools like printers and whiteboards. By enabling access to flexible workspaces, Gable supports a productive and connected work experience for remote teams.

Ketch

Series A in 2021
Ketch is a data control platform designed to assist businesses in managing compliance with privacy regulations. It offers a comprehensive solution for automating data privacy, security, and governance, allowing organizations to effectively orchestrate their data management processes. Ketch's platform provides a unified framework that simplifies the handling of complex global privacy programs and facilitates cross-channel data collection and enforcement. By enabling general counsels, engineers, and IT teams to streamline their operations, Ketch helps businesses build consumer trust while harnessing data to drive core functions and growth.

Savvy

Seed Round in 2021
Savvy is a company focused on enhancing the rental experience for both landlords and tenants. It offers a platform that enables landlords to provide cash back rewards to residents for timely rent payments, lease renewals, and participation in community events. This initiative aims to foster tenant satisfaction and retention while simultaneously increasing leasing efficiency for property owners. Additionally, Savvy connects renters with local and online merchants, creating a mutually beneficial ecosystem that drives traffic to neighborhood businesses and offers exposure to brands targeting high-spending individuals. The company envisions a more equitable housing model that benefits over 100 million renters, landlords, and local enterprises.

Cheres

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cheres is a New York-based company that offers a digital platform designed to enhance investment transparency among users by allowing them to view their friends' investment activities. The platform seamlessly integrates with users' existing accounts on various investing platforms. Additionally, Cheres operates a cross-functional collaboration tool that aims to eliminate silos between departments within organizations. By consolidating data from various operational sources, the platform provides an assistant that helps clients analyze crucial business metrics related to revenue, customers, expenses, products, marketing, and financial performance.

Mon Ami

Venture Round in 2021
Mon Ami is a platform-based company that serves both individuals and care providers for seniors. Its consumer-facing application connects college students with seniors and families to arrange companionship and support for conditions including dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism, and cancer. The company also offers a HIPAA-compliant software platform for aging and disability service providers that digitizes care delivery, streamlines operations, increases care capacity, and enables reporting on senior well-being. By partnering with agencies nationwide, Mon Ami aims to digitize frontline care and improve outcomes through a single integrated platform. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California, with operations across California.

Mon Ami

Seed Round in 2021
Mon Ami is a platform-based company that serves both individuals and care providers for seniors. Its consumer-facing application connects college students with seniors and families to arrange companionship and support for conditions including dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism, and cancer. The company also offers a HIPAA-compliant software platform for aging and disability service providers that digitizes care delivery, streamlines operations, increases care capacity, and enables reporting on senior well-being. By partnering with agencies nationwide, Mon Ami aims to digitize frontline care and improve outcomes through a single integrated platform. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California, with operations across California.

Backer

Venture Round in 2021
Backer is a prominent fintech company specializing in 529 college savings plans, aimed at simplifying the process of saving for education. The company offers an investment platform that enables families to establish college savings plans efficiently, facilitating contributions from family and friends. Its user-friendly gifting platform and innovative mobile application enhance the experience by allowing for seamless tax-free investments. Backer's strategic partnerships with various 529 programs further bolster its high enrollment conversion rates, distinguishing it in the education savings market. The company's focus on making education savings accessible and straightforward supports families in planning for their children's educational futures.

WellBeam

Seed Round in 2021
WellBeam Inc. is a cloud-based software solutions provider headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Established in 2019, the company operates a connected care platform designed to facilitate communication between hospitals and third-party clients. Its offerings include the WellBeam authorization portal, which enables healthcare providers to digitally sign and return essential medical authorizations, and the WellBeam Clinician portal, which connects partner clinicians with physician teams. WellBeam serves a variety of clients, including physicians' teams, hospitals, and home health agencies, aiming to streamline healthcare processes and improve connectivity within the healthcare ecosystem.

Nowsta

Seed Round in 2021
Nowsta, Inc. is a technology company that offers an all-in-one software solution designed to optimize the management of hourly and event-based workforces. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the platform provides essential tools for scheduling, time tracking, and financial management, enabling employers to effectively oversee their hourly staff. By integrating advancements in machine learning and payment technologies, Nowsta aims to enhance communication and streamline payment processes for hourly wage employees. The company's innovative approach seeks to transform workforce management, making it easier for businesses to operate efficiently and support their employees.

Ketch

Series A in 2021
Ketch is a data control platform designed to assist businesses in managing compliance with privacy regulations. It offers a comprehensive solution for automating data privacy, security, and governance, allowing organizations to effectively orchestrate their data management processes. Ketch's platform provides a unified framework that simplifies the handling of complex global privacy programs and facilitates cross-channel data collection and enforcement. By enabling general counsels, engineers, and IT teams to streamline their operations, Ketch helps businesses build consumer trust while harnessing data to drive core functions and growth.

MarkovML

Seed Round in 2021
MarkovML is a data-centric MLOps platform tailored for teams involved in building machine learning products. The company specializes in developing collaboration software that manages and analyzes data, evaluates models, and monitors production processes. With a focus on automating key aspects of the machine learning workflow, MarkovML provides low-code tools that facilitate the creation, consumption, and analysis of AI-driven insights. This platform is designed to enhance decision-making capabilities, enabling businesses to derive value from their data throughout the entire machine learning product lifecycle. By offering an intuitive interface for saving and sharing models, experiments, and datasets, MarkovML empowers teams to achieve superior performance and deliver an optimal experience for stakeholders.

Axiom Cloud

Seed Round in 2021
Axiom Cloud, based in Oakland, California, specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions for commercial refrigeration applications, primarily serving supermarkets across North America. The company's platform focuses on power management and maintenance, offering tools like the Virtual Technician, which predicts equipment failures before they occur, and the Virtual Battery, which optimizes energy use by pre-cooling cases and intelligently managing compressor loads. Axiom Cloud targets the retail grocery sector, charging customers an initial setup fee for installing and configuring their IoT platform, along with recurring subscription fees for cloud-based software applications. The company was founded in 2014.

Axiom Cloud

Seed Round in 2021
Axiom Cloud, based in Oakland, California, specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions for commercial refrigeration applications, primarily serving supermarkets across North America. The company's platform focuses on power management and maintenance, offering tools like the Virtual Technician, which predicts equipment failures before they occur, and the Virtual Battery, which optimizes energy use by pre-cooling cases and intelligently managing compressor loads. Axiom Cloud targets the retail grocery sector, charging customers an initial setup fee for installing and configuring their IoT platform, along with recurring subscription fees for cloud-based software applications. The company was founded in 2014.

Lokker

Series A in 2020
Lokker is a company that specializes in website privacy solutions, focusing on the protection of both corporate and customer data. It provides a comprehensive platform that enables businesses to gain control over the private data circulating within their web operations. By offering tools for privacy diagnostics, management, and governance, Lokker helps organizations identify and manage unauthorized sharing of sensitive information. The company’s services include real-time detection and response to privacy threats, functioning as a protective barrier against illicit data collection online. Through these capabilities, Lokker empowers companies to enhance their privacy measures and respond effectively to data protection challenges.

Savvy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Savvy is a company focused on enhancing the rental experience for both landlords and tenants. It offers a platform that enables landlords to provide cash back rewards to residents for timely rent payments, lease renewals, and participation in community events. This initiative aims to foster tenant satisfaction and retention while simultaneously increasing leasing efficiency for property owners. Additionally, Savvy connects renters with local and online merchants, creating a mutually beneficial ecosystem that drives traffic to neighborhood businesses and offers exposure to brands targeting high-spending individuals. The company envisions a more equitable housing model that benefits over 100 million renters, landlords, and local enterprises.

Oyster Financial

Seed Round in 2020
Oyster Financial, established in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Mexico City and Kathmandu, specializes in providing financial management solutions for freelancers, startups, and small to medium-sized enterprises. The company's online application streamlines financial tasks, offering features such as a Mastercard debit card, fee-free fund transfers, bill payment services, invoice management, and real-time transaction updates. By simplifying financial management, Oyster empowers businesses to make informed decisions and focus on growth.

Eskalera

Seed Round in 2020
Eskalera Inc., established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, specializes in designing and developing human resource software for large and mid-sized businesses. The company's primary offering is Eskalera Engage, an AI-driven platform that integrates diversity and inclusion insights with core HR data to provide actionable employee experience signals. This enables companies to enhance workplace culture, improve employee engagement, productivity, and growth. Eskalera also provides skill-based programs tailored to address specific organizational needs.

WellBeam

Seed Round in 2020
WellBeam Inc. is a cloud-based software solutions provider headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Established in 2019, the company operates a connected care platform designed to facilitate communication between hospitals and third-party clients. Its offerings include the WellBeam authorization portal, which enables healthcare providers to digitally sign and return essential medical authorizations, and the WellBeam Clinician portal, which connects partner clinicians with physician teams. WellBeam serves a variety of clients, including physicians' teams, hospitals, and home health agencies, aiming to streamline healthcare processes and improve connectivity within the healthcare ecosystem.

FastForward.ai

Seed Round in 2020
FastForward.ai is a company that develops a social media engagement and commerce platform designed to help enterprises connect with their customers within social media and messaging applications. Founded in Mountain View, California, in 2016, FastForward.ai offers a software-as-a-service platform that modernizes user experiences through digital marketing, commerce, and mobile payment solutions. Its patented technology facilitates one-click digital commerce, allowing customers to easily access personalized offers, make purchases, and review their transaction history. By leveraging popular messaging applications, the platform enhances customer engagement and enables businesses to drive brand awareness effectively in environments where consumers spend significant time online.

Snowball Wealth

Seed Round in 2019
Snowball Wealth, Inc. is a financial management company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing personalized guidance for student loans and broader financial planning, focusing on debt management, retirement, and investment strategies. The company has developed a mobile platform that combines community engagement, social challenges, and AI-driven planning to assist users in addressing financial challenges. By fostering an open dialogue around debt, income, and investing, Snowball Wealth aims to alleviate the stigma associated with these topics. Its innovative approach empowers individuals to make informed financial decisions, manage their student debt effectively, and build generational wealth through tailored advice and resources.

Backer

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Backer is a prominent fintech company specializing in 529 college savings plans, aimed at simplifying the process of saving for education. The company offers an investment platform that enables families to establish college savings plans efficiently, facilitating contributions from family and friends. Its user-friendly gifting platform and innovative mobile application enhance the experience by allowing for seamless tax-free investments. Backer's strategic partnerships with various 529 programs further bolster its high enrollment conversion rates, distinguishing it in the education savings market. The company's focus on making education savings accessible and straightforward supports families in planning for their children's educational futures.

Interviewing.io

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2015, Interviewing.io operates a platform that connects software engineers with senior engineers from top tech companies for anonymous mock interviews. This approach helps candidates prepare for technical job interviews and saves hiring managers time by fast-tracking strong performers.

Wisetack

Series A in 2019
Wisetack operates a technology platform that enables in-person businesses to offer consumer-friendly financing options at the point of sale. Its platform integrates seamlessly with existing software platforms, allowing businesses to provide real-time lending solutions and enhance sales.

WellBeam

Pre Seed Round in 2019
WellBeam Inc. is a cloud-based software solutions provider headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Established in 2019, the company operates a connected care platform designed to facilitate communication between hospitals and third-party clients. Its offerings include the WellBeam authorization portal, which enables healthcare providers to digitally sign and return essential medical authorizations, and the WellBeam Clinician portal, which connects partner clinicians with physician teams. WellBeam serves a variety of clients, including physicians' teams, hospitals, and home health agencies, aiming to streamline healthcare processes and improve connectivity within the healthcare ecosystem.

Eskalera

Seed Round in 2019
Eskalera Inc., established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, specializes in designing and developing human resource software for large and mid-sized businesses. The company's primary offering is Eskalera Engage, an AI-driven platform that integrates diversity and inclusion insights with core HR data to provide actionable employee experience signals. This enables companies to enhance workplace culture, improve employee engagement, productivity, and growth. Eskalera also provides skill-based programs tailored to address specific organizational needs.

Riva

Seed Round in 2019
Riva is an automated tool designed to assist job seekers in negotiating their job offers. Founded in 2018 and based in Palo Alto, California, Riva leverages machine learning and extensive verified data to provide users with insights into their worth and generate effective negotiation strategies. The platform utilizes proven negotiation techniques, backed by Harvard research, to empower candidates in maximizing their compensation. Riva's software enables users to create personalized email scripts and phone negotiation strategies, thereby reducing information asymmetry and enhancing their ability to manage career advancements effectively.

Nowsta

Series A in 2019
Nowsta, Inc. is a technology company that offers an all-in-one software solution designed to optimize the management of hourly and event-based workforces. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the platform provides essential tools for scheduling, time tracking, and financial management, enabling employers to effectively oversee their hourly staff. By integrating advancements in machine learning and payment technologies, Nowsta aims to enhance communication and streamline payment processes for hourly wage employees. The company's innovative approach seeks to transform workforce management, making it easier for businesses to operate efficiently and support their employees.

Kogniz

Seed Round in 2019
Kogniz employs AI and computer vision to provide a leading proactive safety platform for enhancing workplace safety and security. Its flagship product, Kogniz AssureAI, can be implemented swiftly and integrates with existing infrastructure. Over three million employees rely on Kogniz for safer spaces, with solutions addressing occupational hazards, workplace violence, evacuations, personnel accountability, anomalous behavior detection, and vaccine management.

ZeroStorefront

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ZeroStorefront is a marketing software company founded in 2019 that specializes in providing restaurants with an integrated platform to enhance customer experiences. The platform connects various applications, including point-of-sale systems, delivery services, and communication channels such as email and social media. By illuminating the customer journey and offering attribution for customer behavior, ZeroStorefront enables restaurants to better understand their clientele. The company also equips its users with automated outreach and lead-generation tools to measure marketing effectiveness, segment customers, and facilitate communication across multiple channels. Notable clients include brands like Frank Pepe’s and Halal Guys, reflecting ZeroStorefront's commitment to driving growth and innovation in the restaurant industry.

Wisetack

Seed Round in 2019
Wisetack operates a technology platform that enables in-person businesses to offer consumer-friendly financing options at the point of sale. Its platform integrates seamlessly with existing software platforms, allowing businesses to provide real-time lending solutions and enhance sales.

ZeroStorefront

Seed Round in 2018
ZeroStorefront is a marketing software company founded in 2019 that specializes in providing restaurants with an integrated platform to enhance customer experiences. The platform connects various applications, including point-of-sale systems, delivery services, and communication channels such as email and social media. By illuminating the customer journey and offering attribution for customer behavior, ZeroStorefront enables restaurants to better understand their clientele. The company also equips its users with automated outreach and lead-generation tools to measure marketing effectiveness, segment customers, and facilitate communication across multiple channels. Notable clients include brands like Frank Pepe’s and Halal Guys, reflecting ZeroStorefront's commitment to driving growth and innovation in the restaurant industry.

Apostrophe

Seed Round in 2018
Apostrophe, Inc. is a fintech company based in Denver, Colorado, specializing in healthcare savings solutions for self-insured employers. Founded in 2016, Apostrophe provides an intelligent health benefits platform that negotiates competitive rates for healthcare services and pays providers directly, ensuring that savings are passed on to its customers. The company's offerings include a streamlined, plug-and-play health plan that allows self-insured employers to efficiently implement best practices in managing healthcare costs. Apostrophe primarily serves self-insured employers in rural Colorado and other regions, delivering both financial savings and member support to enhance the overall healthcare experience.

NowRx

Seed Round in 2018
NowRx, Inc. is a technology-enabled pharmacy based in Mountain View, California, that operates in California and Arizona. Founded in 2015, the company offers an on-demand digital pharmacy service that allows users to send prescriptions through a mobile application for convenient same-day delivery. Utilizing proprietary pharmacy software, robotics, artificial intelligence, and an advanced logistics platform, NowRx ensures efficient and timely delivery of medications directly to customers' doorsteps. The company’s pharmacy management system, QuickFill, is uniquely designed for same-day delivery and is certified by Surescripts, connecting it to over 1.5 million physicians nationwide. With DEA-certified micro-fulfillment pharmacies, NowRx has successfully delivered over 200,000 medications to more than 28,000 customers, minimizing the need for individuals to visit traditional pharmacies.

MatrixDS

Convertible Note in 2018
MatrixDS is a technology company specializing in data science and analytics. It offers a unified cloud-based platform designed to streamline data projects of any size, from simple dashboards to complex deep learning models. The platform is tailored for small and medium-sized businesses, providing advanced features typically reserved for large enterprises. MatrixDS operates on a freemium model, fostering a community where users can create and share public projects. This approach not only encourages collaboration but also drives user engagement through network effects. The company generates revenue through licensing agreements and cloud infrastructure services for corporate clients.

EarnUp

Series A in 2017
EarnUp Inc. is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California, that focuses on automating loan payments for consumers. Established in 2013, EarnUp's platform is designed to assist over 200 million Americans with debt by intelligently managing their financial obligations, including home mortgages, student loans, auto loans, and personal loans. The service allows users to set aside small amounts of money when financially feasible, which are then used to make loan payments on their behalf. By synchronizing micro-payments with users' income and lifestyle, EarnUp aims to streamline the debt repayment process and help individuals regain control over their finances, ultimately enabling them to pay off their debts more efficiently.

Interviewing.io

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Interviewing.io operates a platform that connects software engineers with senior engineers from top tech companies for anonymous mock interviews. This approach helps candidates prepare for technical job interviews and saves hiring managers time by fast-tracking strong performers.

Zum

Series A in 2017
Zum Services, Inc., established in 2014, specializes in safe and reliable transportation services for children and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. The company offers scheduled or on-demand rides, as well as care services like nannies, for school drops and pickups, sports activities, and other needs. Zum's services include single family or carpool rides, one-off rides, babysitting, and stay and watch services, all facilitated through a network of vetted drivers and advanced scheduling technology.

Citrine Informatics

Series A in 2017
Citrine Informatics, Inc. is a software company based in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 2013. It specializes in materials informatics by developing an artificial intelligence platform that aggregates extensive data on materials, chemicals, and devices. This platform leverages machine learning and data science to enhance research and development, manufacturing, and supply chain operations for organizations involved in producing physical products. By streamlining the materials development process, Citrine Informatics aims to facilitate the discovery of new materials and reduce defects early in the research phase, thus improving product growth and design. The company's focus spans various sectors, including energy, aerospace, and electronics.

Glassbreakers

Seed Round in 2017
Glassbreakers, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in providing a peer-mentoring platform aimed at enhancing diversity and inclusion within organizations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company offers data-driven mentorship and talent development tools designed to support companies in retaining and promoting women. Glassbreakers' solutions focus on managing employee resource groups effectively, enabling large organizations to improve their diversity initiatives, enhance recruitment and retention efforts, and foster leadership development. By integrating inclusivity into business practices, Glassbreakers aims to help companies achieve greater productivity and better overall performance.

Zum

Seed Round in 2016
Zum Services, Inc., established in 2014, specializes in safe and reliable transportation services for children and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. The company offers scheduled or on-demand rides, as well as care services like nannies, for school drops and pickups, sports activities, and other needs. Zum's services include single family or carpool rides, one-off rides, babysitting, and stay and watch services, all facilitated through a network of vetted drivers and advanced scheduling technology.

PastureMap

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2014, PastureMap develops software for ranchers and farmers to optimize grazing practices. Its platform combines intelligent mobile records with aerial imaging, soil maps, and rainfall data to improve land use efficiency, reduce resource requirements, and facilitate grass-fed certifications.

SLICeR

Seed Round in 2015
SLICeR is a platform offering analytics solutions tailored for the fashion and apparel industry. It enables businesses to monitor performance and generate insights through various outputs like posters, line books, range plans, mood boards, reports, and reviews.

Citrine Informatics

Seed Round in 2014
Citrine Informatics, Inc. is a software company based in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 2013. It specializes in materials informatics by developing an artificial intelligence platform that aggregates extensive data on materials, chemicals, and devices. This platform leverages machine learning and data science to enhance research and development, manufacturing, and supply chain operations for organizations involved in producing physical products. By streamlining the materials development process, Citrine Informatics aims to facilitate the discovery of new materials and reduce defects early in the research phase, thus improving product growth and design. The company's focus spans various sectors, including energy, aerospace, and electronics.

CampusQuad

Seed Round in 2013
CampusQuad Inc., established in 2012 and headquartered in San Carlos, California, specializes in a cloud-based mobile communication platform called CampusQuad. This platform connects students in real-time to various aspects of campus life such as events, deals, classifieds, and other student-driven content. It serves universities by fostering extracurricular engagement and helping students navigate their college experience more effectively.

SIPX

Series B in 2013
SIPX, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in providing a web-based service designed to facilitate copyright management and the delivery of digital documents within the higher education sector. Founded in 2012, SIPX enables copyright owners to register their content while establishing access restrictions and pricing rules. It allows university libraries to integrate their institutional holdings, enabling professors to easily search for articles and other documents. Students can access digital content for reading and printing, enhancing their educational experience. The platform also empowers content owners and publishers to monetize requests for individual articles from institutions with limited budgets and offers insights into how content is utilized in academic settings. SIPX operates as a subsidiary of ProQuest LLC, reflecting its commitment to simplifying the processes associated with legally accessing digital content in education.

Comprehend Systems

Series A in 2013
Comprehend Systems, Inc. is a Redwood City, California-based company that specializes in cloud-based continuous quality solutions for clinical operations. Founded in 2010, the company offers a comprehensive suite of clinical intelligence applications designed to enhance the efficiency, safety, and quality of clinical trials. These applications cater to clinical operations executives, data managers, and medical monitors, providing tools for portfolio monitoring, continuous quality assessment, collaboration with contract research organizations (CROs), and risk and medical monitoring. Comprehend Systems aims to deliver actionable insights across studies, systems, sites, and vendors, thereby improving the overall clinical trial process. In 2019, it became a subsidiary of Saama Technologies, Inc.

Jetlore

Series A in 2013
Jetlore, Inc. is an artificial intelligence company based in Sunnyvale, California, that specializes in providing a prediction platform tailored for retailers. Founded by Stanford computer scientists in 2010, Jetlore's platform analyzes customer behavior and preferences, such as size, color, fit, and style, to deliver personalized promotions, products, and content. This unique approach allows businesses to enhance customer engagement, optimize merchandising decisions, and improve communication strategies. Jetlore serves a wide range of clients, including some of the top retailers and hospitality companies, enabling them to optimize millions of customer experiences each month. Clients such as eBay, LG, Nordstrom Rack, and Uniqlo have reported significant revenue increases, demonstrating the effectiveness of Jetlore's AI-driven solutions in building customer loyalty and driving conversions. As of May 2018, Jetlore operates as a subsidiary of PayPal Holdings, Inc.

If You Can

Seed Round in 2013
If You Can Company is a computer software firm based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in developing educational games aimed at enhancing children's cognitive and emotional skills. Established in 2012, the company offers products such as IF, an adventure game designed to boost child intelligence, and SEL, a tool focused on social and emotional learning for schools. These games help children manage emotions, foster empathy, and develop essential social skills. Additionally, If You Can provides a dashboard for parents and educators to monitor children's progress in completing age-appropriate lessons, thereby supporting their educational development.

Everlaw

Venture Round in 2013
Everlaw is a legal technology company based in Oakland, California, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2010, Everlaw develops a cloud-based e-discovery and litigation platform designed for document analysis, serving law firms, government agencies, and corporations. Its primary products include Discover, which streamlines document management; Reveal, offering analytics, machine learning, and interactive visualization; and Act, managing the end-to-end process of investigations or litigation. The platform enables legal teams to organize, search, and securely share documents, videos, emails, and pictures exchanged between legal teams before a trial. Everlaw's solutions prioritize speed, security, and ease-of-use, facilitating thorough investigations, quick uncovering of truths, and clear presentation of findings.

NovoEd

Seed Round in 2013
NovoEd, Inc. is a software company that provides a collaborative online learning platform aimed at enhancing experiential learning and driving business performance. Founded in 2012 in San Francisco, NovoEd's platform enables organizations to design and deliver educational experiences that foster collaboration, mentorship, and purposeful practice among participants. The company offers a range of professional services, including instructional design, course construction, and learning analytics, tailored to meet the diverse needs of clients across various sectors such as healthcare, technology, and education. NovoEd's solutions encompass leadership development, digital transformation, employee onboarding, and diversity and inclusion training, facilitating the development of essential skills for employees, executives, and students. With a focus on connecting learners, mentors, and leaders, NovoEd aims to unlock collective knowledge and achieve measurable outcomes for organizations worldwide.

SIPX

Series A in 2012
SIPX, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in providing a web-based service designed to facilitate copyright management and the delivery of digital documents within the higher education sector. Founded in 2012, SIPX enables copyright owners to register their content while establishing access restrictions and pricing rules. It allows university libraries to integrate their institutional holdings, enabling professors to easily search for articles and other documents. Students can access digital content for reading and printing, enhancing their educational experience. The platform also empowers content owners and publishers to monetize requests for individual articles from institutions with limited budgets and offers insights into how content is utilized in academic settings. SIPX operates as a subsidiary of ProQuest LLC, reflecting its commitment to simplifying the processes associated with legally accessing digital content in education.

Clever

Seed Round in 2012
Founded in 2012, Clever is a San Francisco-based company that operates as a single sign-on platform for K-12 education. It simplifies digital learning management by bringing all educational applications into one secure portal and providing seamless access for students and teachers.

Lex Machina

Seed Round in 2012
Lex Machina, Inc. is a legal analytics company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2010. It offers a Software-as-a-Service platform that provides structured data about judges, lawyers, parties, and intellectual property litigation. The company's tools enable law firms and corporations to develop effective legal strategies by analyzing data from millions of court documents. Lex Machina's Lexpressions engine synthesizes this information to allow attorneys to assess case threats, draft effective motions, and evaluate patent portfolios. The platform also includes applications for comparing courts, judges, and law firms, as well as services for early case assessment, party profiling, and customized reporting. As a subsidiary of LexisNexis Group Inc., Lex Machina serves to enhance the competitive edge of its clients in the legal field through data-driven insights.

Kahuna

Seed Round in 2012
Kahuna, Inc. is a marketing automation software company based in Redwood City, California, founded in 2012. The company specializes in creating highly personalized experiences for both buyers and sellers within various marketplaces. Utilizing advanced machine-learning technology, Kahuna provides solutions for cross-channel marketing, optimization, and analytics, enabling clients to enhance engagement, product, and pricing strategies. Its notable clientele includes major brands such as The Dollar Shave Club, Yahoo, Yelp, Overstock.com, and Travelzoo. With a substantial user base of over 144 million engaged users and billions of messages and optimized events processed, Kahuna has established itself as a leading solution for marketplaces of all sizes.

Proven

Series A in 2012
Proven is a hiring tool tailored for small businesses, providing an employment application software that simplifies the recruitment process. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows employers to manage hiring tasks directly from their smartphones or tablets. Users can post job openings on platforms like Craigslist, as well as review resumes, respond to candidates, and contact them efficiently. Proven's fully native apps for iOS and Android enhance the hiring experience by making it accessible and convenient for busy employers.

LearnZillion

Seed Round in 2012
LearnZillion, Inc. is an educational technology company based in Washington, District of Columbia, founded in 2011. It specializes in providing open and cloud-based curricula to schools, primarily focusing on mathematics and English. The company's platform offers a range of instructional materials, including video lessons and practice problems, which support teachers in delivering effective instruction and tracking student performance. LearnZillion's solutions are designed to cater to the specific needs of students, promoting interactive learning through task-implementation guides. Additionally, the company's services are accessible via a mobile application, enhancing the teaching and learning experience. As of January 2020, LearnZillion operates as a subsidiary of Weld North Education, LLC.

Remind

Seed Round in 2012
Remind is a communication platform established in 2011 that focuses on enhancing student success through improved engagement among educators, families, and school administrators. The application serves as a real-time messaging tool designed to bridge communication gaps in primary education, allowing teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K-12 schools to interact effectively. Remind facilitates the scheduling of reminders and coordination of school-related activities, thereby streamlining communication and supporting educational outcomes. The company has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, GSV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Social Capital.

Fidelis Education

Series A in 2011
Fidelis Education, Inc. is a software development company based in Mountain View, California, that focuses on enhancing student success through innovative technology solutions. Founded in 2011, the company has created a Learning Relationship Management (LRM) platform that helps educational institutions coordinate out-of-class support services. This platform allows staff to streamline various support offerings while enabling students to access and benefit from these resources effectively. Fidelis Education's portfolio includes tools for mentoring, coaching, academic support, social/emotional learning, and community engagement. These tools aim to foster meaningful relationships among students, faculty, and mentors, recognizing that such relationships are crucial for effective learning and professional development. The company's commitment to addressing the complexities of learner relationships positions it as a key player in the education technology sector.

Proven

Seed Round in 2011
Proven is a hiring tool tailored for small businesses, providing an employment application software that simplifies the recruitment process. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows employers to manage hiring tasks directly from their smartphones or tablets. Users can post job openings on platforms like Craigslist, as well as review resumes, respond to candidates, and contact them efficiently. Proven's fully native apps for iOS and Android enhance the hiring experience by making it accessible and convenient for busy employers.

Lex Machina

Seed Round in 2011
Lex Machina, Inc. is a legal analytics company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2010. It offers a Software-as-a-Service platform that provides structured data about judges, lawyers, parties, and intellectual property litigation. The company's tools enable law firms and corporations to develop effective legal strategies by analyzing data from millions of court documents. Lex Machina's Lexpressions engine synthesizes this information to allow attorneys to assess case threats, draft effective motions, and evaluate patent portfolios. The platform also includes applications for comparing courts, judges, and law firms, as well as services for early case assessment, party profiling, and customized reporting. As a subsidiary of LexisNexis Group Inc., Lex Machina serves to enhance the competitive edge of its clients in the legal field through data-driven insights.

Presence

Seed Round in 2010
PresenceLearning, Inc. is a provider of online speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral and mental health services, and other special education-related resources for K-12 students and school districts across the United States and Canada. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, the company utilizes a teletherapy platform that connects schools and parents with a network of licensed professionals through web-based videoconferencing technology. This platform allows for secure, live online sessions, enabling educational institutions to deliver evidence-based therapeutic activities and support to students with special needs. PresenceLearning has facilitated over 2.5 million teletherapy sessions, positioning itself as a leader in the delivery of clinical services via the internet.

Euclid

Seed Round in 2010
Euclid is a developer of a shopping analytics platform that specializes in tracking customer behavior in physical retail environments. The platform measures customer flow, duration of stay, and return frequency within stores. By providing these insights, Euclid enables businesses across various sectors, including retail, banking, quick service restaurants, airports, and shopping malls, to enhance their marketing strategies, operational efficiency, and staffing decisions.

Krux

Seed Round in 2010
Krux Digital Inc. develops a cloud-based data management platform designed for marketers, media companies, publishers, and agencies on a global scale. The platform consolidates consumer data from various sources and devices, analyzes individual preferences, and activates this data in real time across multiple channels, including desktop, mobile, social, and video. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, Krux operates additional offices in major cities worldwide. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including audience data management, identity management, and cross-channel frequency management. With its platform, Krux enables businesses to deliver tailored content, advertising, and shopping experiences, making it easier to engage audiences effectively. As of November 2016, Krux operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce.com.

Inkling Systems

Angel Round in 2010
Inkling Systems, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cloud publishing platforms designed to create and publish interactive content. Its primary offerings include Inkling Knowledge, a mobile workforce enablement platform that facilitates the creation and distribution of training materials; Inkling Notices, which allows users to share updates and analyze engagement with field workers; Inkling Collaboration, a platform aimed at enhancing in-store execution through connectivity among frontline employees; and Learning Pathways, which guides employees through training processes while enabling managers to track and verify skills. Inkling's solutions cater to various sectors, including field reference, sales enablement, retail operations, training, and franchise operations. Founded in 2009 and originally named Standard Nine Inc., the company rebranded to Inkling Systems, Inc. in June 2011.

GCommerce

Series E in 2008
GCommerce, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing cloud-based automation solutions specifically tailored for the durable goods distribution industry. Founded in 2000 and based in Des Moines, Iowa, GCommerce offers a range of software-as-a-service products designed to streamline supply chain operations. Its offerings include AutoSoEZ, an e-commerce platform, and PBEPRO, which connects manufacturers with a targeted audience of jobbers and warehouse distributors in the United States and Canada. The company also provides the Internet Data Exchange for real-time electronic data interchange, Virtual Inventory Cloud for supply chain issues, Match3 for automating purchase order reconciliations, Web Gateway for electronic document exchange, and Super Spec for standardizing data definitions among trading partners. Through these solutions, GCommerce aims to enhance communication and efficiency within the distribution supply chain, ultimately reducing costs and improving sales outcomes for its clients.
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