Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures is a New York-based private equity and venture capital firm established in 2003. The firm specializes in early-stage and growth capital investments, focusing exclusively on internet-related sectors, including web applications, internet services, and mobile technologies. Union Square Ventures targets companies that have the potential to significantly transform markets and typically invests between $1 million and $20 million in each portfolio company, with initial investments in certain Series A rounds ranging from $2.5 million to $3 million. The firm predominantly invests in startups located in major cities such as New York, San Francisco, London, and Berlin. Union Square Ventures aims to actively engage with the entrepreneurs it funds, often seeking ownership stakes of 15% to 20% in the companies it supports.

Hanel Baveja

Analyst

Brad Burnham

Partner

John Buttrick

Partner

Nick Grossman

Partner

Rebecca Kaden

Partner

Samson Mesele

Partner and General Counsel

Gillian Munson

Partner

Andrew Weissman

Partner

Fred Wilson

Partner

517 past transactions

ShopShops

Seed Round in 2018
ShopShops is a livestream, interactive global shopping marketplace that connects brick and mortar retailers with consumers on their mobile devices. The new digital shopping channel breaks down geographical boundaries for fashion-savvy consumers, enabling them to shop from stores around the world from the palm of their hand. ShopShops was founded by Liyia Wu in 2016 and has headquarters in New York City and Beijing. To learn more, visit www.shopshops.com.cn.

Hailo

Venture Round in 2013
FREE NOW (formerly mytaxi) is a leading mobility provider. FREE NOW currently operates in London, Brighton, Edinburgh, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Reading, Derby and Leicester. With two requests every second, FREE NOW directly connects passengers and drivers with just two taps of the app. FREE NOW is part of the mobility joint venture between BMW and Daimler, formed in February 2019. In July 2016, mytaxi announced the merger with Hailo, the leading taxi app in the UK and Ireland - an important step towards becoming Europe's largest e-hailing app.

Outschool

Series C in 2021
Outschool connects motivated learners, parents, and teachers together to create great learning experiences. Their mission is to build the biggest and best global school by offering unique online classes from hundreds of independent teachers. Outschool teachers may be certified teachers, artists, scientists, or other adults with expertise or interest in teaching. It was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

MountainView Capital Holdings

Venture Round in 2007
Incorporated in 1989, MountainView Financial Solutions is a Denver-headquartered private equity investment firm that provides financial services across North America. In January, 2018, Situs, strategic business and technology solutions provider to the real estate industry, announced that it closed the transaction to acquire MountainView Financial Solutions.

TargetSpot

Series A in 2007
TargetSpot (www.targetspot.com) is the nation's largest internet radio advertising network. TargetSpot connects top brands and local businesses to the online listener with interactive, network and spot radio advertising solutions. Advertisers can use TargetSpot's SAAS platform or work with TargetSpot's full-service account management team to create campaigns, target customers by geography, listening preferences and demographics, to deliver high-impact audio, display and pre-roll video advertising across thousands of online audio properties. TargetSpot has more than 85 distribution partners, including CBS RADIO, Entercom, Live 365, Cox Media Group, Radionomy, Grooveshark, and more. TargetSpot is based in New York City and its investors include Union Square Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and CBS RADIO.

CoverWallet

Series B in 2017
CoverWallet is an online platform that offers insurance management services to its clients. CoverWallet’s range of insurance include general liability, workers’ compensation, commercial property, BOP, professional liability, E&O, medical malpractice, umbrella insurance, D&O, cyber liability, inland marine, EPLI, commercial auto, disability, health, and product and pollution liability. Its services are provided to firms in the administrative, agricultural, construction, consulting, contractor, education, finance, food, healthcare, management, manufacturing, mining, non-profit, scientific, and real estate industries. CoverWallet was launched in 2015 by Inaki Berenguer and Rashmi Melgiri and is based in New York.

soona

Series A in 2021
Soona Co. provides photography and videography production services. It operates social-media studios that provide same day photos and videos. The company serves influencers and small brands that promote their products on social media. Soona Co. was founded in 2018 and is based in Denver, Colorado with studios in Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Heyzap

Series B in 2012
Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love. Heyzap’s SDK for Android and iOS apps allows both well-established app producers and innovative indie developers to monetize and bring their apps to a wide audience. It currently provides advertising, publishing, mediation, and cross-promotion services to mobile developers worldwide. Heyzap is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2009 by Jude Gomila and Immad Akhund.

Radiant

Series A in 2022
Radiant engages in developing portable nuclear microreactors that provide an alternative to fossil fuels for both military and commercial applications. The microreactor is designed to fit in a shipping container and can be transported by air, ship, and road. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Foursquare

Series E in 2016
Foursquare subsidiary, managing Asia-Pacific including Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc.

Heyzap

Seed Round in 2009
Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love. Heyzap’s SDK for Android and iOS apps allows both well-established app producers and innovative indie developers to monetize and bring their apps to a wide audience. It currently provides advertising, publishing, mediation, and cross-promotion services to mobile developers worldwide. Heyzap is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2009 by Jude Gomila and Immad Akhund.

Outside.in

Series A in 2008
New York-based [Outside.in](http://www.outside.in) is an aggregator aimed at creating a place for neighborhoods to share and explore different information. They attempt to do for blogging "what [Google](http://www.google.com) local search has done for the web." Outside.in makes local blogs the focal point of information access, rather than forums or reviews.Primary funding for Outside.in comes from a series of angels as well as a few VC firms. Those firms include Union Square Ventures, Milestone Venture Partners, and Village Ventures.

Nurx

Private Placement in 2018
Nurx is a healthcare services company offers at-home STI testing, treatment for genital and oral herpes, and emergency contraception. Nurx offers patients transparent pricing and judgement-free care whenever and wherever works best for them. Nurx believes everyone should have the freedom to live well and be in charge of their healthcare decisions, regardless of their circumstances.

Twilio

Series B in 2010
Twilio, the developer platform for communications, is reinventing telecom by merging the worlds of cloud computing, web services and telecommunications. With Twilio, developers and businesses make communications more contextual by embedding voice, video, messaging, and authentication directly into applications. Businesses such as Uber, Box, DocuSign, Nordstrom, Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Home Depot trust Twilio to power their communications.

XFuel

Venture Round in 2022
XFuel produces sustainable and net-zero road, marine and aviation drop-in fuels for distributors and consumers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Palma de Mallorca, Baleares. XFuel has developed technology for sustainable and cost-effective conversion of biomass waste into a clean and drop-in advanced fuel for the transport sector. Fuel is produced efficiently, at low-cost and with currently up to 90% fewer GHGs than traditional fossil fuel production, with a clear route to achieving carbon negative fuels.

Uniswap

Venture Round in 2021
Uniswap is a fully decentralized protocol for automated liquidity provision on Ethereum. A simple formalized equation drives unstoppable liquidity for thousands of users and hundreds of applications. Uniswap empowers developers, liquidity providers, and traders to participate in a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all.

Recount Media

Series B in 2021
Recount Media is a fast-growing startup focused on high quality journalism and short form video with a simple mission; No Bullshit, No Bad Faith, In 5 minutes or Less. Our flagship show, The Daily Recount, is a daily recap that remixes television news to tell you the stories that matter in politics without wasting your time or insulting your intelligence. We are building a radically new media platform across mobile apps and the web that will change the way news is consumed.

Dwolla

Venture Round in 2021
Dwolla, Inc. develops application program interface (API) solutions that facilitate bank transfers, manage customers, and verify bank accounts. The company offers Access API that enables users to link bank accounts and initiate transfers within their platform. It also provides Dwolla Dashboard and Admin, an intuitive interface for managing customers, viewing transactions, and finding business trends. Dwolla, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Bolster

Series B in 2022
Bolster is an executive talent marketplace that connects high-growth companies with trusted and flexible executive talent. The company's platform matches executives with startup and scaleup CEOs based on each company’s unique needs and each executive’s unique experience. Its services engage its communities of executives, give executives the tools they need to manage their business or consulting practice, help CEOs understand the scalability of their executive teams and boards, and enable investors to seamlessly connect their networks to their portfolio companies.

Clarifai

Series B in 2016
Clarifai provides advanced image recognition systems for customers to detect near-duplicates and visual searches. Clarifai’s image recognition systems recognize various categories, objects, and tags in images, as well as find similar images. The company’s image recognition systems allow its users to find similar images in large uncategorized repositories using a combination of semantic and visual similarities. Clarifai was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

m3ter

Seed Round in 2022
M3ter offers an intelligent pricing engine, a service for deploying and managing usage-based pricing for SaaS. It was founded in 2020.

Juro

Series B in 2022
Juro is a contract automation platform that enables your team to create, execute and monitor routine contracts at scale without ever leaving the browser. Juro enables legal and business teams at fast-scaling businesses like Deliveroo, BabylonHealth and SecretEscapes to agree contracts faster and gain better insight into contract data. Juro is backed by Union Square Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp and founders of TransferWise, Gumtree and Indeed.

Flurry

Series D in 2013
Flurry is an application that provides analytics for businesses to monitor the trends and habits of mobile users across multiple mobile applications. Flurry’s mobile analytics solution enables businesses to understand how consumers interact with their mobile applications. Over 125,000 companies use Flurry’s analytics platform in more than 400,000 applications to measure audience reach, engagement, retention, conversions, revenue, and more. The service is completely free, takes just five minutes for basic integration, and is continuously updated with the industry's advanced features. Flurry Analytics is available for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, HTML5, hybrid apps, mobile/web, Blackberry, and JavaME.

Skillshare

Series D in 2020
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

WalletConnect

Series A in 2022
WalletConnect is an open source standard for connecting desktop Dapps to mobile Wallets using end-to-end encryption by scanning a QR code. It is a simple infrastructure that can be setup by any developer. Using a Bridge server to relay the messages without having access to any of its contents. The contents are encrypted using the session data shared by the QR code between the desktop and mobile.

SmartHop

Series B in 2022
Smarthop is an autonomous agent for truckers to plan, search, and book loads. SmartHop helps small trucking companies make smarter decisions, enabling them to make more money and have control over their business. It operates as an autonomous agent for truckers to plan, search, and book loads.

Dia&Co

Series C in 2018
Dia&Co sells clothing and accessories to women who wear plus-sized apparel via a try-on-at-home model. Customers take an online survey to explain their tastes and then are shipped a five-item box of clothing and accessories. They buy the pieces they like and ship the rest back for free.Each box comes with a $20 styling fee that can be used as a credit toward a purchase of an item in the box. If a customer buys every item in a box, they receive a 25 percent discount.

Viam

Series A in 2022
Viam is a robotics company that aims to build products that helps people's daily life. The company was founded in 2020 by Eliot Horowitz and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Foursquare

Private Placement in 2018
Foursquare subsidiary, managing Asia-Pacific including Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc.

Stadium Live Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Stadium Live, Inc. develops and builds sports application for the next generation. Its application provides live scores, play, earn and shop around sports with friends. Stadium Live Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Dapper Labs

Private Placement in 2018
Dapper Labs Inc. develops blockchain-based cryptokitties video games. The company offers consumer blockchain collectible cats games for entertainment brands. Dapper Labs Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

AdaptiveBlue

Series C in 2010
AdaptiveBlue is the company that develops GetGlue, a leading social entertainment network. GetGlue users check-in while consuming entertainment to connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and earn exclusive rewards from more than 25 top entertainment companies. AdaptiveBlue is based in New York and has 15 employees.

Tucows

Post in 2017
Tucows provides domain names, email and other services through our extensive reseller network, called our OpenSRS group. We sell these services directly to consumers and small businesses through our unified Retail group known as Hover. Through OpenSRS we manage over eight million domain names, millions of mailboxes for a network of over 9,000 web hosts, ISPs (Internet Service Providers), and other resellers around the world. YummyNames oversees the tens of thousands of domain names owned by Tucows, most of which generate advertising revenue. We offer domain name consulting services specifically designed for marketers, along with sales and leasing of premium domains from the Tucows portfolio through the YummyNames website. Headquartered in Toronto, we have offices in Europe and the United States. We were among the first group of thirty-four registrars to be accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 1999.

Science Exchange

Series B in 2016
Science Exchange is the world’s leading R&D Services Management company, empowering research organizations to accelerate science and drive more innovation success. The Science Exchange Marketplace improves R&D productivity by automating many collaborative tasks between buyers and providers, such as obtaining quotes, managing projects and processing payments, all with rigorous data security and regulatory compliance embedded throughout.

Logseq

Seed Round in 2022
Logseq is an open-source knowledge management tool that works on top of local plain-text Markdown and Org-mode files and can be used to write, organize, and share thoughts, and keep to-do lists. There is no data lock-in, no proprietary formats, and users can use any tool to edit the same Markdown/Org-mode file at the same time. Logseq also includes a query system to assist users in gaining insights and developing their own workflow.

MongoDB

Series E in 2012
MongoDB is the next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data. Cutting-edge startups and large companies use MongoDB to create applications like never before possible at a fraction of the cost of legacy databases. MongoDB is a fast-growing database ecosystem, with over 30 million downloads, thousands of customers, and over 1,000 technology and service partners.

SmartHop

Series A in 2021
Smarthop is an autonomous agent for truckers to plan, search, and book loads. SmartHop helps small trucking companies make smarter decisions, enabling them to make more money and have control over their business. It operates as an autonomous agent for truckers to plan, search, and book loads.

FeedBurner

Series B in 2005
FeedBurner is a feed management service launched in February 2004 by co-founders Dick Costolo, Eric Lunt, Steve Olechowski and Matt Shobe. It is headquartered in Chicago and was [acquired by Google](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/100-million-payday-for-feedburner-this-deal-is-confirmed/) in June 2007 for $100 million. Previously, they received funding from Mobius Venture Capital, Portage Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Union Square Ventures. FeedBurner has proven to be a successful and innovative service that allows blog owners and podcasters to share and track their feeds with powerful tools. TotalStats, a tool that allows you to see the number of people who have viewed or clicked items in your feed, is a great tool for tracking readers who read your feeds instead of actually coming to your site. MyBrand, another great tool, allows you to track your feeds without using the feedburner.com domain. This means that your feed can live yoursite.com/feeds/ and FeedBurner will still track it. Since Google acquired FeedBurner all of their premium account tools, like the above TotalStats and MyBrand, are now offered free. Revenues come from ads in feeds, which Google will further promote.

Zeitview

Seed Round in 2015
DroneBase is a aerial data analytics company, which provides businesses with a platform to leverage the world’s largest Pilot Network to make better decisions about their most critical assets. Based in Los Angeles, the company is the trusted, go-to software platform for worldwide enterprise clients spanning industries such as renewable energy, insurance, telecommunications, construction, real estate, and media. DroneBase has completed over 100,000 commercial missions flown in over 70 countries and in all 50 states.

CryptoKitties

Series A in 2018
CryptoKitties is a mobile game that enables users to collect and breed virtual cats on the blockchain. The collectible, breedable, and adorable CryptoKitties aim to make blockchain technology accessible to everyday consumers by putting a furry face on the concept of digital collectibles. With each CryptoKitties unique 256-bit genome empower nearly 4-billion potential genetic combinations.

AdaptiveBlue

Series B in 2008
AdaptiveBlue is the company that develops GetGlue, a leading social entertainment network. GetGlue users check-in while consuming entertainment to connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and earn exclusive rewards from more than 25 top entertainment companies. AdaptiveBlue is based in New York and has 15 employees.

NCX

Seed Round in 2021
SilviaTerra's vision is that our planet's forests would be fully understood and fairly valued. To that end, we believe that measurements make markets. So we use our high-resolution forest data to underpin markets in carbon offsets, biodiversity, fire risk reduction, and more.

Launch Labs, Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Launch Labs, Inc., doing business as Axiom Zen, develops a blockchain based virtual game that allows players to purchase, collect, breed, and sell various types of virtual cats. The company develops a distributed application that runs on the blockchain network using smart contracts to enable users to own, transfer, and breed genetically unique digital cats, which can then be visualized on a website that the user can interact with. Launch Labs, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

NCX

Venture Round in 2020
SilviaTerra's vision is that our planet's forests would be fully understood and fairly valued. To that end, we believe that measurements make markets. So we use our high-resolution forest data to underpin markets in carbon offsets, biodiversity, fire risk reduction, and more.

SigFig

Private Placement in 2018
SigFig Wealth Management, LLC operates as an investment advisory company. It offers SigFig software to personalized portfolio, check investments, provide concierge service, and manage account. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. SigFig Wealth Management, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Nvest, Inc.

agentero

Private Placement in 2020
Agentero Inc. develops an online application to manage insurance policies for insurance agency. It provides agents to monitor new business and existing clients, cross-sell, and up-sell insurance policies. The company’s application offers policyholders to manage insurance policies. It also offers suite of client interaction tools. Agentero Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Oakland, California with additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee; and Madrid, Spain.

Stacks

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that puts users in control of their data and login. It’s the easiest way to build decentralized apps that can scale. Blockstack enables engineers to build secure, privacy-focused applications: users are in control of their data instead of storing it with large tech companies. Over 120 independent developer teams have built apps on Blockstack.

Etsy

Series A in 2006
Etsy is an e-commerce site and a smartphone application for buying and selling handmade and vintage items. Users can find products in the categories of clothing and accessories, jewelry, craft supplies and tools, weddings, entertainment, home and living, kids and babies, vintage, and more. Etsy was launched by Robert Kalin, Haim Schoppik, Jared Tarbell, and Chris Maguire in June 2005 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Upgrade

Private Placement in 2020
Upgrade is a neobank that offers credit to mainstream consumers through cards and personal loans, together with free credit monitoring and education tools that help consumers understand and manage their finances. Upgrade Card provides an innovative credit card that brings the low cost and responsible credit of installment lending to millions of retail locations in the U.S., while Upgrade Account is a mobile banking product offered to mainstream consumers.

Jobbatical

Series A in 2017
Jobbatical OÜ offers online services to post and search short-term employment opportunities. It connects professionals, such as developers, graphic designers, and marketers who seek new locations and teams in order to leave their current careers for a short-term combined work and travel experience to employers seeking to hire for short stints. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Estonia.

Web3Auth

Series A in 2022
Torus Labs makes cryptographic key management easy for users and applications. By abstracting the management of private keys, they allow users to use familiar authentication methods like Google, Facebook or Passwordless logins on Web3 applications. Their vision is to empower individuals with self-sovereignty by making key management globally accessible to everyone.

Otis

Series A in 2019
Otis Wealth, Inc. provides s a marketplace for alternative assets, such as collectibles, fine art, and physical spaces. It acquires high-quality assets, fractionalize them into smaller shares, and offer them as equity investments. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

David Energy

Series A in 2020
David Energy is an electricity provider that designs, builds, and manages onsite energy grids. The company empowers buildings with the tools needed to maximize onsite energy and bring transparency to a traditionally opaque, commoditized industry. It provides hands-on expertise and on the ground support, all delivered through its software platform. Founded in 2017, David Energy is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

seedclub

Series A in 2022
Seed Club is a DAO that builds and invests in communities. We’re building a future where the value created by communities on the internet is captured by people, not platforms.

TargetSpot

Series B in 2008
TargetSpot (www.targetspot.com) is the nation's largest internet radio advertising network. TargetSpot connects top brands and local businesses to the online listener with interactive, network and spot radio advertising solutions. Advertisers can use TargetSpot's SAAS platform or work with TargetSpot's full-service account management team to create campaigns, target customers by geography, listening preferences and demographics, to deliver high-impact audio, display and pre-roll video advertising across thousands of online audio properties. TargetSpot has more than 85 distribution partners, including CBS RADIO, Entercom, Live 365, Cox Media Group, Radionomy, Grooveshark, and more. TargetSpot is based in New York City and its investors include Union Square Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and CBS RADIO.

MongoDB

Series C in 2010
MongoDB is the next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data. Cutting-edge startups and large companies use MongoDB to create applications like never before possible at a fraction of the cost of legacy databases. MongoDB is a fast-growing database ecosystem, with over 30 million downloads, thousands of customers, and over 1,000 technology and service partners.

Stash

Series D in 2018
Stash is a New York-based digital investing and banking platform. Stash is pioneering the future of personal finance with the first financial subscription that helps people create better lives. From budgeting to saving for retirement, Stash unites banking, investing, and advice all in one app that has helped more than 5M people reach their financial goals and make progress towards financial freedom. The company was founded in October 2015 by Wall Street veterans, Brandon Krieg and Ed Robinson.

Upgrade

Series C in 2018
Upgrade is a neobank that offers credit to mainstream consumers through cards and personal loans, together with free credit monitoring and education tools that help consumers understand and manage their finances. Upgrade Card provides an innovative credit card that brings the low cost and responsible credit of installment lending to millions of retail locations in the U.S., while Upgrade Account is a mobile banking product offered to mainstream consumers.

Shapeways

Private Placement in 2018
Shapeways is a 3D printing marketplace and community. The NY-based company harnesses 3D printing to help anyone turn ideas into a physical reality, making product design more accessible, personal, and inspiring. Shapeways prints everything on-demand, which means that every order is customized and personalized. By providing a platform for community members to gain access to cutting edge 3D printing technology and share their designs with the world, Shapeways is democratizing creation for everyone. Headquartered in New York with offices in Eindhoven and Seattle, Shapeways is a spin-out of the lifestyle incubator of Royal Philips Electronics. Investors include Union Square Ventures in New York and Index Ventures in London.

Noah

Series A in 2019
Patch Homes, Inc., doing business as Noah, provides consumer finance and home equity sharing services. It offers debt-free home equity financing with no monthly payments/interest in exchange for sharing in a portion of the future appreciation/depreciation of the home’s value. The debtor uses the money to reduce debt, finance home renovations, or cover other expenses. It offers services through its platform. Patch Homes, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in New York, New York.

C2FO

Series G in 2019
C2FO provides a platform with many dynamic tools to help manage businesses' accounts payable and accounts receivable on-demand. C2FO is the first working capital market in the world. Their ability to create a seamless match between A/R and A/P has enabled efficiency in the riskless provisioning of working capital between suppliers and buyers. Finally, suppliers can take control of their cash flow while buyers can increase EBITDA and gross margin and earn a better return on short-term cash while improving the financial health of their supply chains.

Sofar Sounds

Private Placement in 2019
Sofar Sounds Ltd. is an international collective of fans, artists, and music professionals. The company through its tool and network discovers the best new music around the globe. Its solutions also provide insight and advice to the industry trends in licensing music for advertising in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Simscale

Private Placement in 2020
SimScale is a web platform that allows engineers to simulate and analyze the physical behavior of their products with a standard web browser, helping engineers to develop their products faster, easier and better. By providing instant access to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA), SimScale has moved high-fidelity physics simulation technology from a complex and cost-prohibitive desktop application only available to experts in large companies to a user-friendly web application accessible to any designer and engineer in the world. SimScale was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Recount Media

Seed Round in 2019
Recount Media is a fast-growing startup focused on high quality journalism and short form video with a simple mission; No Bullshit, No Bad Faith, In 5 minutes or Less. Our flagship show, The Daily Recount, is a daily recap that remixes television news to tell you the stories that matter in politics without wasting your time or insulting your intelligence. We are building a radically new media platform across mobile apps and the web that will change the way news is consumed.

Onefootball

Series B in 2013
Onefootball GmbH provides football news and fan services for smartphones, tablets, desktops, and SmartTV worldwide. The company’s app connects football fans worldwide and allows them to follow their favorite football team. Its app enables fans to find live scores and commentaries, breaking news, videos, tables, statistics, live audio commentary, and background information on football, as well as engage through social media channels and comments. The company’s app also offers possibilities for advertisers, content providers, gaming partners, ticketing partners, betting partners, and merchandising partners to reach football fanatic audience. Onefootball GmbH was formerly known as motain Holding GmbH. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Skillshare

Private Placement in 2020
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

Dwolla

Series D in 2014
Dwolla, Inc. develops application program interface (API) solutions that facilitate bank transfers, manage customers, and verify bank accounts. The company offers Access API that enables users to link bank accounts and initiate transfers within their platform. It also provides Dwolla Dashboard and Admin, an intuitive interface for managing customers, viewing transactions, and finding business trends. Dwolla, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Addi

Series B in 2021
Addi is a technology company that provides credit and banking solutions. Addi is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.

Wesabe

Series A in 2007
Personal finance management platform.

Twitter

Series C in 2009
Microblogging

Headgum

Seed Round in 2020
Headgum, Inc. operates an online podcast network that engages in the production of comic content, live shows, and videos. It also operates an online store to sell podcast apparel and accessories online. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

AdaptiveBlue

Series D in 2012
AdaptiveBlue is the company that develops GetGlue, a leading social entertainment network. GetGlue users check-in while consuming entertainment to connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and earn exclusive rewards from more than 25 top entertainment companies. AdaptiveBlue is based in New York and has 15 employees.

Popout, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Popout, Inc., doing business as Shippo, provides an API and dashboard shipping solution. It offers a platform that enables customers to create shipping labels and delivery documentation; sync and connect all sales channels to manage orders in one place; manage customer experience with tracking and returns; and improve business with workflows and features. The company serves businesses in North America, Europe, and Australia. Popout, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Marley Spoon

Post in 2019
Marley Spoon makes it easy to cook a delicious meal at home by sending tasty recipes and fresh ingredients directly to your door. With Marley Spoon, you’re in control—you decide what to eat, when to eat, and with how many. Leave behind the hassle of grocery shopping, say goodbye to food waste, and fall in love with cooking all over again. Marley Spoon is a cooking platform that offers recipes, helps its customers order seasonal ingredients

Algofi

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a crypto lending platform intended to make decentralized lending broadly accessible. The company's platform allows users to buy crypto and earn interest without a bank or centralized custodian, enabling traders to make transactions with leverage and earn yield easily.

Zynga

Series A in 2008
Zynga develops, markets, and operates social games as live services played on the Internet, social networking sites, and mobile platforms in the United States and internationally. It offers its online social games primarily under the Slots, Words With Friends, Zynga Poker, and FarmVille franchises. The company’s games are accessible on mobile platforms, Facebook, and other social networks. It also provides advertising services to advertising agencies and brokers. Zynga was established in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Kickstarter

Venture Round in 2009
Based in New York, Kickstarter is an online crowdfunding platform and community that enables artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators to raise funds for various community projects focused on movies, music, art, theater, games, comics, technology, fashion, food, design, and photography. Individuals who back these projects are offered tangible rewards and one-of-a-kind experiences in exchange for their pledges. Kickstarter applies a 5% fee on the total amount of the funds raised and their payments processor applies an additional 3–5% fee. The platform was launched in April 2009 and is based in New York, U.S.

Dwolla

Venture Round in 2018
Dwolla, Inc. develops application program interface (API) solutions that facilitate bank transfers, manage customers, and verify bank accounts. The company offers Access API that enables users to link bank accounts and initiate transfers within their platform. It also provides Dwolla Dashboard and Admin, an intuitive interface for managing customers, viewing transactions, and finding business trends. Dwolla, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.

VHX

Series A in 2013
VHX Corporation provides technology for businesses to create custom video experiences across various platforms and connected devices. Its video distribution platform allows creators to sell their work from their own Websites directly to their fans. The company enables publishers to sell films, TV shows, comedy specials, live concert footage, lectures, web series, fitness, education, and more. It serves video producers, agencies, distributors, and networks. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. As of May 2, 2016, VHX Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Vimeo, LLC.

Amino Apps

Series A in 2015
Amino Apps enables people to discover, develop, and express their interests and passions. Founded in 2011, Amino Apps offer a network of communities allowing its users explore and obsess over the things they're into.

SoundCloud

Series B in 2011
SoundCloud, launched in 2008 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, lets people discover and enjoy the largest selection of music from the world’s most diverse creator community. This is made possible by an open platform that directly connects creators and their fans across the globe. Sound creators can use the platform to instantly record, upload and share sounds across the internet, as well as receive detailed stats and feedback from the SoundCloud community.

MongoDB

Series B in 2009
MongoDB is the next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data. Cutting-edge startups and large companies use MongoDB to create applications like never before possible at a fraction of the cost of legacy databases. MongoDB is a fast-growing database ecosystem, with over 30 million downloads, thousands of customers, and over 1,000 technology and service partners.

Brilliant Planet

Series A in 2022
Brilliant Planet is unlocking the power of algae as an affordable method of permanently and quantifiably sequestering carbon at the gigaton scale. The company's innovative process enables vast quantities of microalgae to grow in open-air pond-based systems on coastal desert land.

Trust Machines

Seed Round in 2022
Trust Machines is building an ecosystem of applications and platform technologies aimed at unleashing the true potential of bitcoin.

Etsy

Series F in 2012
Etsy is an e-commerce site and a smartphone application for buying and selling handmade and vintage items. Users can find products in the categories of clothing and accessories, jewelry, craft supplies and tools, weddings, entertainment, home and living, kids and babies, vintage, and more. Etsy was launched by Robert Kalin, Haim Schoppik, Jared Tarbell, and Chris Maguire in June 2005 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Gumball

Series A in 2022
Gumball connects advertisers with podcast hosts to make it happen in a few clicks.

OneName

Seed Round in 2014
Onename is a registrar (like GoDaddy) for the .id namespace on the Blockstack network.

Yieldmo

Series B in 2013
Yieldmo is one of the fastest-growing digital advertising and attention analytics companies. Our premium marketplace allows advertisers to create, measure, model, and optimize campaigns for unmatched scale and performance. We ultimately deliver better results by harnessing the power of attention data to drive superior audience engagement and retargeting.

Shapeways

Series B in 2012
Shapeways is a 3D printing marketplace and community. The NY-based company harnesses 3D printing to help anyone turn ideas into a physical reality, making product design more accessible, personal, and inspiring. Shapeways prints everything on-demand, which means that every order is customized and personalized. By providing a platform for community members to gain access to cutting edge 3D printing technology and share their designs with the world, Shapeways is democratizing creation for everyone. Headquartered in New York with offices in Eindhoven and Seattle, Shapeways is a spin-out of the lifestyle incubator of Royal Philips Electronics. Investors include Union Square Ventures in New York and Index Ventures in London.

Sofar Ocean

Series B in 2021
Sofar Ocean Technologies is a build accessible ocean sensing and exploration tools for ocean enthusiasts, industry, and conservation.

Stash

Private Placement in 2019
Stash is a New York-based digital investing and banking platform. Stash is pioneering the future of personal finance with the first financial subscription that helps people create better lives. From budgeting to saving for retirement, Stash unites banking, investing, and advice all in one app that has helped more than 5M people reach their financial goals and make progress towards financial freedom. The company was founded in October 2015 by Wall Street veterans, Brandon Krieg and Ed Robinson.

Addi

Series B in 2021
Addi is a technology company that provides credit and banking solutions. Addi is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.

Gumball

Seed Round in 2019
Gumball connects advertisers with podcast hosts to make it happen in a few clicks.

Leap

Series B in 2021
Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market. It allows every connected device to help balance the grid, and get paid for it and access wholesale markets through a single API and help build the flexible, renewable grid of the future. Leap aims to make global energy markets accessible to anyone, starting with demand response and expanding into generation and ancillary services. Leap was founded by Thomas Folker and Remco Van Den Elzen.

Outschool

Private Placement in 2019
Outschool connects motivated learners, parents, and teachers together to create great learning experiences. Their mission is to build the biggest and best global school by offering unique online classes from hundreds of independent teachers. Outschool teachers may be certified teachers, artists, scientists, or other adults with expertise or interest in teaching. It was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.