Wasabi Ventures

Wasabi Ventures is a venture capital, incubator, and consulting firm that focuses on building and advising early-stage technology companies. Over the past decade, it has successfully built, financed, and advised more than 200 startups, including notable ventures such as Right Now Technologies, PBworks, Ustream, and Etherpad. The firm offers a range of services across various business areas, including technology development, sales, product marketing, fundraising, and business planning. Wasabi Ventures employs a team of experts that specialize in different functional areas critical to startups, ensuring tailored support and dedicated resources as needed. With operations in Manchester, NH; Baltimore, MD; Donetsk, Ukraine; and a global headquarters in San Mateo, California, Wasabi Ventures is well-positioned to support emerging companies on a global scale.

Jeffery D. Abbott

General Partner and Director of Technology Commercialization and International

Chris Martin

Director of Wasabi Ventures Academy

Paige Spivey

Director of Marketing and Administration

59 past transactions

Datanomix

Series A in 2021
Datanomix, Inc., based in Nashua, New Hampshire, develops a software platform tailored for industrial manufacturers to enhance productivity in manufacturing environments. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on the global Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) transformations. Its Manufacturing Analytics platform integrates machine data streams from the shop floor to generate actionable insights for decision-makers. By providing an intuitive analytics framework, Datanomix helps manufacturers understand key factors affecting costs, process variation, product quality, and predictive maintenance. This approach extends the value of traditional data visualization and productivity tools, empowering manufacturers of all sizes with robust decision-making capabilities aimed at improving production, performance, and profitability.

PursueCare

Series A in 2021
PursueCare is developed through collaboration between experienced and entrepreneurial individuals from the behavioral health and pharmacy fields, and the technology industry. The PursueCare team shares a passion for revolutionizing how our country cares for individuals with substance use disorders and creating evidence-based telehealth and virtual solutions to more effectively address the opioid addiction and dependence.

Robomart

Seed Round in 2020
Robomart, Inc. is a full-stack robotics company that has created the world's first store-hailing platform and the fastest way to shop. Robomarts are on-demand mobile stores, engineered with cutting-edge tech, including automation, a proprietary checkout-free system, and purpose-built refrigeration.

'nuffsaid

Seed Round in 2020
Nuffsaid helps people focus on the work that matters. Our product centralizes your work apps—email, chat, Salesforce, Jira, and more—and uses AI to prioritize the work that will move the needle in your role. We offer a Personal package and Teams upgrade.

Defendify

Seed Round in 2020
Defendify streamlines cybersecurity for organizations without security teams through an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform designed to continuously strengthen cybersecurity posture across people, process, and technology. Defendify delivers multiple layers of protection by providing cybersecurity expertise, support, and its all-in-one, easy-to-use platform designed to continuously strengthen cybersecurity across people, process, and technology.

BlueSpace.ai

Seed Round in 2019
BlueSpace.ai,Inc. develops software systems for autonomous mass transit fleets. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Datanomix

Series A in 2019
Datanomix, Inc., based in Nashua, New Hampshire, develops a software platform tailored for industrial manufacturers to enhance productivity in manufacturing environments. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on the global Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) transformations. Its Manufacturing Analytics platform integrates machine data streams from the shop floor to generate actionable insights for decision-makers. By providing an intuitive analytics framework, Datanomix helps manufacturers understand key factors affecting costs, process variation, product quality, and predictive maintenance. This approach extends the value of traditional data visualization and productivity tools, empowering manufacturers of all sizes with robust decision-making capabilities aimed at improving production, performance, and profitability.

Ultranauts

Series A in 2019
Ultranauts is a New York-based company that provides high-quality software testing services. Its competitive advantage comes from employing high functioning individuals on the Autism Spectrum, who can have heightened abilities that are an exact match for software testing - e.g. pattern recognition, focus, attention to detail, tolerance for repetition. Ultranauts is founded in 2012 by two MIT engineers, Rajesh Anandan and Art Shectman.

Robomart

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Robomart, Inc. is a full-stack robotics company that has created the world's first store-hailing platform and the fastest way to shop. Robomarts are on-demand mobile stores, engineered with cutting-edge tech, including automation, a proprietary checkout-free system, and purpose-built refrigeration.

Datanomix

Seed Round in 2018
Datanomix, Inc., based in Nashua, New Hampshire, develops a software platform tailored for industrial manufacturers to enhance productivity in manufacturing environments. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on the global Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) transformations. Its Manufacturing Analytics platform integrates machine data streams from the shop floor to generate actionable insights for decision-makers. By providing an intuitive analytics framework, Datanomix helps manufacturers understand key factors affecting costs, process variation, product quality, and predictive maintenance. This approach extends the value of traditional data visualization and productivity tools, empowering manufacturers of all sizes with robust decision-making capabilities aimed at improving production, performance, and profitability.

Midgame

Seed Round in 2018
Midgame is a technology company building voice experiences and analytics for gamers and esports teams. Minfgame is a voice-enabled gaming assistant in early access for Stardew Valley

CFO Technology Corporation

Seed Round in 2015
Developer of cloud based Corporate Performance Management & Business Intelligence application based on patented technologies. Our interactive, visual simulation platform (or game) for business merges virtual reality and artificial intelligence with gaming technologies.

One Month

Seed Round in 2015
One Month, Inc. is an online education platform that specializes in coding bootcamps aimed at beginners. Founded in 2011 and based in New York, the company offers a range of courses including Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Ruby, among others. The curriculum is designed to motivate learners from day one, allowing them to build real-world projects while receiving video tutorials and human support. Over 60,000 students have participated in One Month's programs, many of whom have successfully transitioned into tech roles at leading companies such as Google and Facebook. The platform is also endorsed by institutions like Stripe and Columbia University. Additionally, One Month offers specific courses tailored for non-technical professionals, ensuring accessibility for individuals in various fields seeking to enhance their coding skills.

Sravel

Seed Round in 2015
Sravel, LLC is a mobile application designed for young travelers seeking to connect and share their experiences. Launched in 2014 and based in Scottsdale, Arizona, the application helps users document their travels, track destinations, and view the travel histories of their friends. It caters to a diverse range of travel styles, from road trips to international backpacking adventures. Users can bookmark articles about various locations, enhancing their journey with curated information. The founder, Melissa Brennan, an experienced traveler herself, recognized the need for a platform that fosters community among young adventurers, inspiring them to explore and share their wanderlust.

Alumni Ventures

Seed Round in 2015
Alumni Ventures Group, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with additional offices across North America. The firm specializes in seed, startup, late-stage pre-IPO, and early-stage investments, focusing on companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor. It offers high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors, particularly accredited alumni from top entrepreneurial schools, enabling them to invest collectively in ventures led by fellow alumni. Alumni Ventures does not require board or observer seats in the companies it invests in and typically invests between $0.01 million to $3 million. Additionally, the firm provides focused funds that offer any accredited investor access to a diversified venture portfolio across various types, sectors, stages, and geographies.

Statisfy

Seed Round in 2014
Statisfy is a marketing technology platform that allows consumers and brands to engage in an interactive question-and-answer format. The platform enables users to create questions and share them across social media, fostering a fun and social experience. For brands, Statisfy offers tools for targeted native advertising and customer engagement, providing valuable insights and market intelligence that are not easily accessible through traditional methods. By encouraging users to share their opinions and preferences quickly, Statisfy enhances audience participation and connection. Additionally, the platform supports writers, bloggers, and creators in gathering crowdsourced answers, ultimately helping them grow their audience. Overall, Statisfy combines entertainment with effective marketing strategies, creating a unique space for both consumers and brands.

Roomi

Seed Round in 2014
Roomi is a free mobile platform that helps people find flexible, affordable co-living solutions. Roomi is a peer-to-peer shared housing marketplace making it safer and easier to rent rooms and find roommates. They are one of the only platforms that does not aggregate listings. Every room rental posted on their platform is user-generated and verified by the Roomi team. Users are able to easily list their empty rooms and potential roommates can browse and apply to move in.

Creative Gig

Seed Round in 2014
Creative Gig, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates the sale of freelance creative services, catering specifically to creative professionals. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company serves as a business workflow solution for creative freelancers, enabling them to manage projects and connect with clients efficiently. Through its platform, Creative Gig aims to streamline the process of finding and delivering creative work, enhancing the overall experience for both freelancers and clients.

Haystagg

Debt Financing in 2014
Haystagg, Inc. develops solutions that combine predictive real time bidding without cookies enabling marketers to engage their audiences in display advertising. Its technology enables marketers in auto, retail, and service provider sectors to engage their target audiences online and on mobile devices. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Manchester, New Hampshire with an additional office in Europe.

SquareOne

Venture Round in 2014
SquareOne works with the biggest and most established personalities and content creators in gaming. We understand the unique needs of each of our partners, provide focused support and real value to help them continue to grow and prosper, and we refuse to sacrifice our high quality of service for a high quantity of channels. Visit SquareOne on CrunchBase: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/squareone.

IssueNation

Seed Round in 2014
Stealth startup

JoKno

Seed Round in 2014
JoKno is digitizing the college career fair, adding online efficiency to an analogue concept. JoKno does two things by bringing every employer (interested in college candidates) and every college student into the same digital room and giving them filtration powers. First, it makes it possible for employers to obtain information on a broader range of students who match their basic criteria. Second, it makes it possible for students to find employers looking to fill positions with students like them. While improving the discovery process, JoKno will facilitate the exchange of information necessary to evaluate and create alignment from the outset by eliciting answers within the profiles made by employers and students.

SwitchNote

Seed Round in 2014
SwitchNote, Inc. provides a note collaboration platform that allows students to earn points in exchange for uploading content for their classmates. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

VidFall.com

Seed Round in 2014
VidFall, LLC, founded in 2013 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire, operates a unique platform that combines live events and trending videos with a daily deals marketplace. Users watch sponsored video advertisements on the site, and the revenue generated is used to lower prices on a wide array of products, services, and travel options. As users watch videos together, they collectively contribute to discounts that apply to retail items, with the first user to make a purchase receiving the entire group discount. This collaborative model encourages both teamwork and competition among users, making it possible for prices to decrease rapidly. VidFall also offers charity deals, channeling revenue from video views to support various global causes, thus enabling users to contribute to meaningful initiatives while enjoying significant savings on their purchases.

PathSource

Venture Round in 2013
PathSource, Inc. develops career navigation and education software. Its career exploration tool allows users to get recommendations for their individual lifestyle and career interests. The company also provides a video library of various informational interviews that helps users to gain insights and advice from real people who hold those jobs; and database of job fairs in the United States. PathSource, Inc. was formerly known as Career Eagle, Inc. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Burlingame, California. As of July 13, 2017, PathSource, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of AcademixDirect, Inc.

Wrkbench

Seed Round in 2013
Innovation through collaboration. Inspiration happens when you have space to think, so why do “collaboration tools” put ideas in boxes ? WrkBench powers creativity by redefining collaboration. It exists to let you develop more beautiful, more connected ideas. It puts all your tools and inspiration in one shared, customizable space. Because we believe great ideas are made together. Sign up for early access at: http://wrkbench.io/

ApplyKit

Seed Round in 2013
ApplyKit helps manage the college application process from start to finish. Students can take advantage of scholarship offers, a personalized cloud-based suite of tools, and all the additional resources (test prep, tutoring, athletic support) at their fingertips. Partners include: BenchPrep, Veritas Prep, Revolution Prep, Tutor.com, College Prowler, Zinch; and non-profit organizations: OneGoal Chicago, Boston Mayor's Youth Line, MindsMatter, and the Chicago Public School system. Launched in March 2013, ApplyKit has already helped thousands of students around the world manage the application process.

Wanderu

Seed Round in 2013
Wanderu is a developer of a travel meta-search engine used to book inter-city buses and trains. It is the ground travel middle layer technology and multi-modal travel search in North America, with the mission of standardizing and centralizing bus, train, and ferry travel data to provide the most efficient travel planning and booking experience for its customers.

ViiMed

Series A in 2013
ViiMed is a healthcare IT company focused on solving health system challenges with sophisticated solutions that are easy-to-use. The private label their solution for the health system or enterprise organization, as they work together with them to improve outcomes, well-being, and productivity of their users. The company Software-as-a-Service enables these health systems and enterprise organizations to use workflow management and video-based, asynchronous communication to revolutionize care coordination, patient engagement, and telehealth delivery. ViiMed virtual health solutions delivered on the platform empower organizations to manage, monitor, and engage patients at scale within the gaps-in-care.

Mosaic Storage Systems

Series A in 2013
Mosaic Storage Systems is a company that specializes in digital asset storage services, primarily catering to professional photographers. Founded in 2011 and located in Nashua, New Hampshire, the company offers automated online photo backup solutions, particularly for users of Adobe Lightroom. Its services allow photographers to store digital copies of their images on secure servers, enabling easy access and sharing via the internet. This focus on secure and efficient storage meets the growing demand for reliable photograph management in the digital age.

SquareOne Mail

Seed Round in 2013
SquareOne Mail is stress-free email. We built a mobile app that presorts all of the user's email into a dashboard. Then - like a personal assistant - it lets the user decide which emails they want to be notified about and when. In doing so, we remove the user from information clutter and unscheduled distractions. Our ultimate goal is to accomplish a shift in the email use paradigm: away from obsessively checking every five minutes, toward relying on the app to let the user know when there is an important message that requires attention, and otherwise being able to prioritize one's information flow and focus on important work without distractions.

LSAT Freedom

Seed Round in 2013
LSAT freedom is an online LSAT prep course created and taught exclusively by Harvard Law School graduates. It offers numerous tutorials covering key substantive areas of the LSAT (such as conditional reasoning, various types of logic games, reading comprehension, and other key areas), detailed video explanations for over 1,000 recent actual LSAT questions, and LSAT study guides and e-books covering specific problem areas on the logical reasoning and logic games sections. LSAT Freedom also offers interactive access to its instructors and costs anywhere from one-third to half of what a traditional LSAT prep course costs.

Trove

Seed Round in 2013
Trove brings you the best news stories picked by people who share your interests.

Adero

Seed Round in 2012
Adero, Inc. is a technology company based in Goleta, California, specializing in intelligent organization systems designed to help individuals locate lost or misplaced items. The company's mobile application, compatible with both iPhone and Android devices, aims to alleviate the stress associated with misplacing personal belongings by making them easier to track and organize. Founded in 2008 and formerly known as TrackR, Inc., Adero has garnered recognition for its innovative approach, including being named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2019. The company's services are offered online, focusing on enhancing user convenience and organization.

SocialToaster, Inc.

Series A in 2012
SocialToaster, Inc. offers an enterprise-level fan engagement platform designed to enhance brand messaging through social media. Founded in 2009 and based in Baltimore, Maryland, the company provides a custom web-based application that helps brands identify, recruit, and activate their most passionate supporters. This platform enables users to effectively manage and optimize their social media networks, facilitating connections with fans while promoting authentic engagement. By leveraging the influence of dedicated supporters, SocialToaster allows brands to extend their reach and deliver messages that resonate as genuine endorsements. Participants, or "super fans," are motivated to share content in exchange for exclusive updates and rewards, enhancing their involvement with the brand. The platform also features real-time reporting tools, allowing companies to assess the effectiveness of their social media campaigns and identify key influencers within their networks.

Gaston Labs

Seed Round in 2012
The makers of Oha.na, a family photo and video sharing service. Founded by longstanding best friends, David Weekly (uncle to four) and Nathan Schmidt (soon to be father), both of whom have highly geographically distributed families.

Mosaic Storage Systems

Seed Round in 2012
Mosaic Storage Systems is a company that specializes in digital asset storage services, primarily catering to professional photographers. Founded in 2011 and located in Nashua, New Hampshire, the company offers automated online photo backup solutions, particularly for users of Adobe Lightroom. Its services allow photographers to store digital copies of their images on secure servers, enabling easy access and sharing via the internet. This focus on secure and efficient storage meets the growing demand for reliable photograph management in the digital age.

Gizmo.com

Seed Round in 2011
Gizmo is a cloud-based multichannel marketing platform for mobile, tablet, social, and web. Gizmo is a venture-backed San Francisco based company which provides a suite of tools for marketers to build, deploy, and manage cross-platform marketing campaigns. Currently gizmo is in private beta, testing with fortune 500 brands. If you are interested to become a part of the private beta please email contact@gizmo.com. Furthermore, you can sign up at http://www.gizmo.com.

IdeaOffer

Seed Round in 2011
IdeaOffer.com allows you to get ideas from people from all over the world. Need an idea? Just post an idea request on IdeaOffer, and our worldwide membership will offer thoughts and concepts to solve all of your problems. You can ask for a name for your dog or a solution to a business problem. Anything that needs an idea can get solved on IdeaOffer.com. Have good ideas? If you are filled with ideas, share them with people looking for answers on IdeaOffer. You actually get paid for your creativity. Just share your thoughts and start getting the rewards. There are many aspiring entrepreneurs and creative thinkers out there with great ideas that could be masterpieces. But that simply have to way to express them, share them with the world, and capitalize on their idea's potential. Others may need an idea, and have yet to find the right place to receive one. IdeaOffer is that tool for people who want help with developing ideas or want to get paid for helping others with their ideas. IdeaOffer is an online idea community that facilitates thinking and the collaboration of information for the purpose of answering questions.

invino

Seed Round in 2011
invino is the original online private sale site dedicated exclusively to the wine vertical. Members enjoy access to a highly curated selection of wines, from artisan producers to well-known brands, sourced at the best price online: generally between 30% and 80% below suggested retail. Developed by wine-industry entrepreneurs Tony and Danielle Westfall, with offices in Sonoma and San Francisco, invino targets a lifestyle demographic: consumers who embrace wine as a lifestyle, not only a special-occasion luxury. The company is modeled after similar e-commerce businesses in the fashion and home-decorating categories. Consumers must apply for free membership at invino.com to obtain access to invino’s offerings. New products are posted daily across a range of wine-related categories; all offers are time- and inventory-limited. invino Members receive a $20 online credit if they refer someone who makes a purchase. The wide network of industry contacts the Westfalls have nurtured through many years in the wine business affords them the opportunity to work with producers from Sonoma to Rioja. All selections are made by a Panel of experts that includes founder Tony Westfall, a longtime collector who has honed his palate tasting alongside some of the best-known winemakers and sommeliers in California. The Panel personally tastes hundreds of wines, ultimately choosing only a small percentage to feature on the site. invino also offers competitive shipping rates, including $10 ground shipping on orders of $50 or more to anywhere the company ships in the US (only to states where wine shipments are legal), excluding charges for special/refrigerated packaging on warm-weather shipping. invino is the flagship company of the husband-and-wife team’s Good Company Wines portfolio. To sign up, visit: https://www.invino.com/signup

Monstrous

Seed Round in 2011
Monstrous Company develops interactive digital media games for iPhone, iPod touch, and Wii platforms. It offers Entranced, a visual music game for iPhone. The company also provides binders, invitations, letterheads, stationery, t-shirts, photo cards, flyers, rack cards, cards, mugs, calendars, business cards, kids shoes, pet clothing, aprons, bags, bumper stickers, buttons, hats, key chains, magnets, mouse pads, photo sculptures, postcards, posters, skateboards, stickers, and ties, as well as embroidered bags, hats, and shirts through its online store. It offers products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and France. Monstrous Company is based in Austin, Texas.

Motion Math

Seed Round in 2011
Motion Math Inc. is an educational technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing movement-based mobile games aimed at enhancing children's understanding of mathematics. Established in 2010, the company creates engaging, adaptive games designed to help students master challenging K-6 math standards. Its suite of products focuses on helping learners perceive and estimate various representations of fractions, including numerators, denominators, percents, decimals, and pie charts, by connecting these concepts to their distances on a number line. This approach fosters math fluency, conceptual understanding, and a positive attitude towards intellectual challenges. Motion Math operates as a subsidiary of Curriculum Associates LLC, continuing its mission to make math accessible and enjoyable for young learners.

GreenGoose!

Seed Round in 2011
SensibleSelf makes wireless "lifestyle" sensors that measure personal behaviors. The application, GreenGoose is built on the patent-pending technology and provides a game platform for measuring the things we do. The sensors are stickers. They automatically measure things like getting exercise, brushing your teeth, flossing, riding your bike, taking vitamins, and lots more. Users simply stick the sensors on objects like a toothbrush. The battery lasts a year; no recharging; 250ft range. Behaviors are measured, wirelessly transmitted, and stored in a database. GreenGoose assigns "lifestyle points" and a virtual game-play environment that changes as users do things in the real-world. It also provides self-tracking and nudge "goose" mechanisms for keeping intentions. GreenGoose also enables other games and applications with an API. Applications may leverage user supplied behavioral data to offer rewards or other incentives for doing positive things. For instance, you could level-up in a different game by riding your bike or getting exercise. Or, users could earn points toward virtual goods or credit transferable to loyalty programs with retailers.ss

Proven

Seed Round in 2011
Proven operates as a hiring tool intended for small businesses. The platform takes hiring on the go with fully native apps for iOS and Android. Employers can review resumes, respond to candidates, and even post a new job all from a smartphone. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Peku Publications

Seed Round in 2011
PeKu Publications, an Internet-based publisher, publishes content on aerobics, zoology, circuitry, entertainment, family, fine living, health and fitness, home and garden, opinion, and style. The company also offers text advertisements, visuals, and sponsorships through its online sites. In addition, it offers pets eBook that is available at Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. PeKu Publications was formerly known as Wasabi Media Group and changed its name to PeKu Publications in November 2012. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Manchester, New Hampshire.

LawPivot

Seed Round in 2010
From free legal documents to discounted rates with outstanding attorneys, LawPivot is here to help every step of the way. Since 2008, LawPivot has helped over 20 million small businesses and families create legal documents, engage with local attorneys and confidently protect their future.

Humanoid

Seed Round in 2010
Humanoid is the world's first human brainpower API. Humanoid offers computer programmers a reliable way to use human intelligence in software applications. Using a drag-and-drop interface, engineers can swiftly create tasks and send instructions to humans. Proprietary software breaks the tasks into small pieces and routes them to workers across the globe. Meanwhile, Humanoid’s artificially intelligent workforce manager ensures accuracy and prevents fraud without human oversight. When the task is complete, developers receive the resulting data through a simple programming interface, known as an API.

TekTrak

Angel Round in 2010
TekTrak is a mobile security company based in Los Angeles, CA. TekTrak developed security applications for mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) that allow users to track their device, if it gets lost or misplaced, as well as secure any private or sensitive information stored on the device. TekTrak is available for iOS and Android devices.

UpRace

Seed Round in 2010
UpRace, founded in 2010 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, offers a unique platform designed for setting, sharing, and achieving personal goals through a social gaming experience. The platform fosters a positive and competitive environment where users can contribute personal goals and engage with a supportive community. Users earn points through a voting system and can participate in challenges with others, adding a layer of interaction and motivation. UpRace distinguishes itself from competitors by promoting a flexible approach to goal-setting, allowing for various types of personal objectives. Additionally, embedded connections to other social networks enable users to share their achievements beyond the UpRace community, enhancing engagement for both users and sponsors.

Character Booster

Seed Round in 2010
Character Booster is a parental task management app and api which ties the tasks and learning experiences parents want for their kids with stat points kids can use with special powers, items, or for other benefits in video games. Through game play incentives and connections we hope to see kids participating in real world activities and experiences which build their real characters as well as their in-game enjoyment.

500Friends

Seed Round in 2010
500friends is the trusted provider of next generation loyalty marketing solutions to over 40 of the Internet Retailer 1,000 brands. 500friends is backed by leading institutional investors including Crosslink Capital, Intel Capital, and YCombinator.

Postling

Seed Round in 2010
Postling is a tool that helps small businesses face the daunting task of social media marketing. Brought to you by the founders of Etsy.com, Postling lets users publish content simultaneously to the major social media platforms, including blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. In addition, users can read and respond to comments left by readers. Small business owners told the Postling team that they would be willing to pay for a social media marketing tool that saves them time and spares them from learning how to navigate yet another website. They listened and created Postling.

TestSoup

Seed Round in 2009
Test Soup offers online and mobile test preparation solutions to students worldwide. Its tests library includes ACCUPLACER, ACT, AP Language and Composition, AP US History, ASSET, COMPASS, GMAT, GRE, and PSAT/NMSQT. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Etherpad

Seed Round in 2009
Etherpad allows you to edit documents collaboratively in real-time, much like a live multi-player editor that runs in your browser. Write articles, press releases, to-do lists, etc. together with your friends, fellow students or colleagues, all working on the same document at the same time. All instances provide access to all data through a well-documented API and supports import/export to many major data exchange formats. And if the built-in feature set isn't enough for you, there's tons of plugins that allow you to customize your instance to suit your needs.

PBworks

Series A in 2008
PBworks is a real-time creative collaborative editing software that enables businesses to interact with their clients in a timely, participative atmosphere. Users can create free basic wiki workspaces or upgrade to a premium plan to access additional features such as enhanced security features, customization through CSS, and more storage space. Workspaces can be either public or private. The software service is only available in English. A number of businesses and corporations use PBworks to create private wikis for employees; one case study described a legal firm which had transitioned to PBworks as a document management system in order to cut their IT costs. Clients also use PBworks as a host for internal documents, including CafePress.com, Capgemini, Deloitte, the Financial Times, Kiva, and Wideload Games while educational groups who are known to use PBworks include DePaul University, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, the University of Toronto, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Wayne State University. PBworks was founded by David Weekly, Ramit Sethi, and Nathan Schmidt in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

RepairPal

Seed Round in 2007
Established in 2007, RepairPal is bringing trust and peace-of-mind to auto repair. At RepairPal.com, consumers have free access to a vast array of invaluable resources for taking care of their cars. The RepairPal Certified Network shows trusted shops that guarantee repairs are done at fair prices with quality parts and an expert, attentive staff. The RepairPal Fair Price Estimator™ ensures consumers never overpay for car repair again. By visiting RepairPal.com, consumers can get back on the road quickly and safely knowing they'll always receive quality work at fair prices.

PBworks

Venture Round in 2007
PBworks is a real-time creative collaborative editing software that enables businesses to interact with their clients in a timely, participative atmosphere. Users can create free basic wiki workspaces or upgrade to a premium plan to access additional features such as enhanced security features, customization through CSS, and more storage space. Workspaces can be either public or private. The software service is only available in English. A number of businesses and corporations use PBworks to create private wikis for employees; one case study described a legal firm which had transitioned to PBworks as a document management system in order to cut their IT costs. Clients also use PBworks as a host for internal documents, including CafePress.com, Capgemini, Deloitte, the Financial Times, Kiva, and Wideload Games while educational groups who are known to use PBworks include DePaul University, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, the University of Toronto, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Wayne State University. PBworks was founded by David Weekly, Ramit Sethi, and Nathan Schmidt in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

WinFreeCandy

Seed Round in 2006
WinFreeCandy is an advertising and Web surfing system that lets people visit new sites and earn money doing it. It is a subsidiary of Wasabi Ventures LLC, a venture capital firm and holding company. WinFreeCandy is one of the incubated properties of the New Concept Factory.

PicPrizes

Seed Round in 2006
Photo sharing site that lets you win prizes for both viewing and taking pictures