System Two Security
Venture Round in 2024
System Two Security is a provider of advanced security services aimed at reducing cyber attacks. The company specializes in offering a platform that integrates AI agents and assistants to enhance detection engineering capabilities for security teams. Its technology supports the processing of intelligence, the creation of new detection protocols, and the management of detection libraries. By utilizing generative AI-powered threat hunting and auto-investigation, System Two Security enables enterprise Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and managed security service providers to proactively identify and mitigate emerging threats. The platform focuses on profiling, detecting, and containing new adversaries, thereby enhancing clients' defenses against cyber threats and ensuring a safer operational environment.
Legion Technologies
Venture Round in 2024
Legion Technologies, Inc. is a workforce engagement platform that specializes in optimizing labor efficiency and employee engagement through its advanced Legion WFM platform. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia, the company leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud-native technology to enhance workforce management. Its offerings include demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance solutions. The platform is designed to deliver significant return on investment by improving schedule optimization, reducing employee attrition, increasing productivity, and enhancing operational efficiency. Legion Technologies caters to various industries, including retail, food services, health and fitness clubs, and hospitality, and provides implementation, training, customer support, and success services to its clients.
PeerDB is a technology company that provides a data movement platform. This platform specializes in efficient replication of Postgres databases and capturing changes in data, allowing clients to sync, transform, and query data across various stores using simple SQL commands.
Reach Security
Series A in 2024
Reach Security is a developer of security software that focuses on simplifying security operations for organizations. The company's platform centralizes and automates security tools, allowing security leaders to measure, manage, and enhance the value of their security investments. By providing centralized security data management, Reach Security enables organizations to automate security tasks, prioritize controls, and gain visibility into threats. This approach helps customers improve their overall defensive posture and gain critical insights into their security landscape. Additionally, the platform includes tailored control recommendations and supporting materials that align with specific threat profiles, further assisting organizations in managing their security effectively.
Mechanical Orchard
Series A in 2024
Mechanical Orchard is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in modernizing and managing critical business applications for large enterprises. By de-risking the process of updating legacy computer systems, the company helps its clients remain competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace. Mechanical Orchard focuses on developing custom applications for cloud operations, employing advanced product development, software engineering, and DevOps practices to address complex challenges. The firm aims to ensure that businesses can run secure, reliable, and scalable applications, enabling them to stay ahead of the curve in their respective industries.
Coordinate
Seed Round in 2023
Coordinate is a collaborative customer portal that helps customer-facing teams consistently deliver value to their customers at scale. It also helps to standardize and scale their entire customer-facing team, and when customers are more successful they are more likely to renew and expand. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.
QueryPal
Seed Round in 2022
QueryPal is an innovative company focused on transforming enterprise customer support through its advanced AI-powered platform. By utilizing historical support tickets, QueryPal creates an intelligent deflection system capable of addressing most incoming chat and email inquiries without the need for human intervention. Unlike traditional AI chatbots that rely on simple documentation searches, QueryPal's Agentic Support AI constructs a detailed knowledge graph from past support data, allowing for sophisticated tier 1-3 support functionalities, including complex interactions with various systems. The platform features a visual analytics dashboard that provides customer support leaders with enhanced visibility into operations and demonstrates significant return on investment shortly after implementation. Trusted by notable organizations such as JetBrains and Simply Benefits, QueryPal aims to disrupt the global customer support market by converting cost centers into strategic assets, all while maintaining existing workforce levels.
Somewear Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a compact satellite hotspot known as Somewear, which enables real-time connectivity for outdoor explorers and adventure travelers, as well as commercial and government teams working in high-pressure situations. The device allows individuals to connect smartphones to satellite networks, facilitating text communication, location tracking, weather forecasting, and the management of field workers and remote assets. Somewear serves a diverse clientele, including helicopter paramedics, backcountry explorers, firefighters, and personnel within the US Department of Defense, with a mission to enhance safety and situational awareness in even the most remote environments.
Willow Servicing
Seed Round in 2022
Willow Servicing is a financial technology company focused on automating mortgage servicing and compliance processes. By rebuilding the core technology used by mortgage servicers, Willow Servicing offers software solutions that streamline routine tasks, such as generating tax forms and managing servicing transfers. This innovative approach aims to enhance transparency for borrowers, providing them with greater visibility into the status of their mortgages and improved control over their finances and home ownership. The company's mission emphasizes the belief that technology should cater to the needs of homeowners and facilitate better service for lenders in the mortgage industry.
ModernLoop
Series A in 2022
ModernLoop is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in interview scheduling solutions for recruiting teams. The platform facilitates the coordination of interviews by automating key processes such as scheduling, conflict resolution, and day-of reminders, thereby enhancing the overall candidate experience. By providing a robust infrastructure for recruiting operations, ModernLoop enables organizations to improve efficiency, scale their hiring processes, and boost productivity in an increasingly dynamic recruitment landscape.
Aisera, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions aimed at automating tasks and workflows for enterprises and consumers. Established in 2017, Aisera offers a range of products including AI Service Desk and AI Customer Service, which cater to various functions such as IT, human resources, sales, and operations. The company’s AI Experience platform combines generative AI capabilities with domain-specific large language models to create customizable solutions that enhance user interactions and improve productivity. Aisera's technology facilitates auto-resolution of service issues and streamlines business processes, resulting in significant cost savings and increased efficiency for organizations across multiple sectors, including healthcare, finance, and retail. Recognized for its innovation, Aisera continues to lead in service automation through its advanced AI-driven offerings.
Noyo is a company focused on modernizing the insurance industry through API-based data exchange. It was founded by experts in benefits, insurance, and technology, and is recognized as a pioneer in transforming the infrastructure of the benefits sector by enabling seamless digital connectivity. Noyo's system facilitates the secure exchange of crucial benefits data among insurers, brokers, and consumers, allowing for real-time access to information. By integrating a suite of user-friendly application programming interfaces, Noyo enables efficient communication and monitoring of benefit enrollments, thereby connecting various platforms and enhancing the design and delivery of insurance benefits.
Single Origin
Seed Round in 2022
Single Origin is a technology company focused on enhancing the productivity of data-driven organizations while reducing cloud computing costs. Its innovative query optimization platform operates between data warehouses and various data tools, automatically analyzing and optimizing an organization's queries to make them significantly simpler, faster, and more cost-effective. The platform addresses the complexities and high expenses associated with data infrastructure by identifying inefficient queries and offering solutions that streamline operations. Established by a team with a strong background in data infrastructure development at major companies like Uber, Snap, Reddit, Amazon, and Microsoft, Single Origin also provides services for standardizing data definitions across multi-cloud environments. This allows cross-functional teams to effectively define, manage, and consume metrics and machine learning features through a unified web portal.
OpsLevel is a service ownership platform that enables organizations to effectively manage their microservices and systems. By providing a comprehensive microservice catalog, the platform allows developers to track and operate services in production, thereby reducing cognitive load and enhancing reliability. OpsLevel's built-in maturity features facilitate the measurement, building, and deployment of services across various cloud environments. Additionally, the platform supports service ownership and developer portals, streamlining the process of shipping and maintaining high-quality software. With its focus on improving operational efficiency, OpsLevel helps businesses resolve production incidents more swiftly, ultimately contributing to greater software reliability and security.
Tint.ai is a data intelligence platform founded in 2018, based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in enhancing artificial intelligence models by enabling data scientists to efficiently access and evaluate external data. It automates the process of sourcing external data from vendors and leverages machine learning to assess its quality, thereby improving model performance. Additionally, Tint.ai offers an AI-empowered insurance platform that provides the tools necessary for launching, managing, and optimizing insurance programs. The platform is designed to enhance profitability while simultaneously improving the customer experience. Its API-based technology serves as the foundational infrastructure for property and casualty insurance programs, streamlining risk selection and pricing processes, and significantly reducing the engineering and data science resources required for development.
ModernLoop
Seed Round in 2021
ModernLoop is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in interview scheduling solutions for recruiting teams. The platform facilitates the coordination of interviews by automating key processes such as scheduling, conflict resolution, and day-of reminders, thereby enhancing the overall candidate experience. By providing a robust infrastructure for recruiting operations, ModernLoop enables organizations to improve efficiency, scale their hiring processes, and boost productivity in an increasingly dynamic recruitment landscape.
Hum Capital
Series A in 2021
Hum Capital is the funding platform that connects great companies with the right capital. Hum offers companies raising up to $50 million the most efficient, transparent path to growth. Hum’s Intelligent Capital Market uses AI to translate volumes of a company’s financial data into the clearest picture of their value, so they can fundraise with confidence, on the best terms for their business. Investors on Hum’s platform gain investment insights and a personalized deal flow built on company data they can trust. For more information, visit HumCapital.com.
Airbase, Inc. is a software development company headquartered in Burlingame, California, that specializes in spend management solutions for growing businesses. Founded in 2016, Airbase offers a comprehensive platform that integrates various functionalities, including automated pre-approval workflows, vendor payment services, accounting automation, and expense management. Its software features physical and virtual corporate cards, simplifies bill payments, and provides enhanced reporting capabilities. By combining these elements into a single, user-friendly platform, Airbase enables companies to gain complete control and visibility over their spending, streamline accounting processes, and enhance the purchasing experience for employees.
Legion Technologies
Series C in 2021
Legion Technologies, Inc. is a workforce engagement platform that specializes in optimizing labor efficiency and employee engagement through its advanced Legion WFM platform. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia, the company leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud-native technology to enhance workforce management. Its offerings include demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance solutions. The platform is designed to deliver significant return on investment by improving schedule optimization, reducing employee attrition, increasing productivity, and enhancing operational efficiency. Legion Technologies caters to various industries, including retail, food services, health and fitness clubs, and hospitality, and provides implementation, training, customer support, and success services to its clients.
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customizable security and compliance solutions for Apple devices, including Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji streamlines the management of these devices for IT teams by offering features such as one-click compliance templates and over 150 pre-built automation, apps, and workflows. The platform is designed to simplify the enforcement of macOS security parameters and enables real-time monitoring and auto-remediation of potential issues. Kandji is committed to enhancing the user experience through continuous innovation and customer-focused solutions, helping businesses maintain secure and compliant environments.
Reach Security
Venture Round in 2021
Reach Security is a developer of security software that focuses on simplifying security operations for organizations. The company's platform centralizes and automates security tools, allowing security leaders to measure, manage, and enhance the value of their security investments. By providing centralized security data management, Reach Security enables organizations to automate security tasks, prioritize controls, and gain visibility into threats. This approach helps customers improve their overall defensive posture and gain critical insights into their security landscape. Additionally, the platform includes tailored control recommendations and supporting materials that align with specific threat profiles, further assisting organizations in managing their security effectively.
Aisera, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions aimed at automating tasks and workflows for enterprises and consumers. Established in 2017, Aisera offers a range of products including AI Service Desk and AI Customer Service, which cater to various functions such as IT, human resources, sales, and operations. The company’s AI Experience platform combines generative AI capabilities with domain-specific large language models to create customizable solutions that enhance user interactions and improve productivity. Aisera's technology facilitates auto-resolution of service issues and streamlines business processes, resulting in significant cost savings and increased efficiency for organizations across multiple sectors, including healthcare, finance, and retail. Recognized for its innovation, Aisera continues to lead in service automation through its advanced AI-driven offerings.
Welcome is a virtual events platform that specializes in creating comprehensive and immersive online experiences. Founded in 2019 and based in Denver, Colorado, Welcome aims to enhance the quality of virtual events by providing tools that allow users to design and execute events that rival productions from Hollywood studios. The platform addresses common challenges associated with virtual events, ensuring that technical mishaps do not detract from the overall experience. By focusing on high-quality production values, Welcome helps organizations deliver memorable and engaging virtual experiences that reflect positively on their brands.
OpsLevel
Seed Round in 2020
OpsLevel is a service ownership platform that enables organizations to effectively manage their microservices and systems. By providing a comprehensive microservice catalog, the platform allows developers to track and operate services in production, thereby reducing cognitive load and enhancing reliability. OpsLevel's built-in maturity features facilitate the measurement, building, and deployment of services across various cloud environments. Additionally, the platform supports service ownership and developer portals, streamlining the process of shipping and maintaining high-quality software. With its focus on improving operational efficiency, OpsLevel helps businesses resolve production incidents more swiftly, ultimately contributing to greater software reliability and security.
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customizable security and compliance solutions for Apple devices, including Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji streamlines the management of these devices for IT teams by offering features such as one-click compliance templates and over 150 pre-built automation, apps, and workflows. The platform is designed to simplify the enforcement of macOS security parameters and enables real-time monitoring and auto-remediation of potential issues. Kandji is committed to enhancing the user experience through continuous innovation and customer-focused solutions, helping businesses maintain secure and compliant environments.
Noyo is a company focused on modernizing the insurance industry through API-based data exchange. It was founded by experts in benefits, insurance, and technology, and is recognized as a pioneer in transforming the infrastructure of the benefits sector by enabling seamless digital connectivity. Noyo's system facilitates the secure exchange of crucial benefits data among insurers, brokers, and consumers, allowing for real-time access to information. By integrating a suite of user-friendly application programming interfaces, Noyo enables efficient communication and monitoring of benefit enrollments, thereby connecting various platforms and enhancing the design and delivery of insurance benefits.
Bandit ML
Seed Round in 2020
Bandit ML, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in developing machine learning applications designed to enhance user retention and sales for e-commerce businesses. The company's solutions are tailored to accommodate various budget levels, making them accessible to a wide range of clients. Founded by a team of engineers with experience at major technology firms such as Facebook, Uber, and Twitter, Bandit ML focuses on leveraging advanced technologies to improve customer engagement and drive revenue growth for its clients.
Legion Technologies
Series B in 2020
Legion Technologies, Inc. is a workforce engagement platform that specializes in optimizing labor efficiency and employee engagement through its advanced Legion WFM platform. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia, the company leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud-native technology to enhance workforce management. Its offerings include demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance solutions. The platform is designed to deliver significant return on investment by improving schedule optimization, reducing employee attrition, increasing productivity, and enhancing operational efficiency. Legion Technologies caters to various industries, including retail, food services, health and fitness clubs, and hospitality, and provides implementation, training, customer support, and success services to its clients.
Trala, Inc. is a company that has developed a music education application specifically designed for teaching users to play the violin. Founded in 2016 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Trala's application provides a comprehensive learning experience, offering tutorials, daily lessons, and real-time feedback on mistakes through advanced signal processing technology. This innovative feature allows the app to recognize notes and chords, enhancing the learning process. Users have access to thousands of video tutorials from renowned violinists, making it a convenient and effective tool for both students and teachers. The application also includes functionalities for teachers to track student progress, provide feedback, and manage practice activities.
Vida Health
Venture Round in 2020
Vida Health, Inc. is a virtual care company based in San Francisco, California, focused on addressing chronic physical and behavioral health conditions. The company provides a comprehensive platform that integrates mental and physical health treatment, utilizing a clinically validated approach that combines artificial intelligence with personalized support from human coaches and licensed therapists. Through its application, users have access to video sessions, messaging, and tailored digital content designed to help them prevent, manage, and reverse chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, alongside related mental health issues like stress and anxiety. Founded in 2012 and originally known as Via Health, Inc., Vida Health aims to treat the whole health of individuals by tackling the root causes of their conditions.
Airbase, Inc. is a software development company headquartered in Burlingame, California, that specializes in spend management solutions for growing businesses. Founded in 2016, Airbase offers a comprehensive platform that integrates various functionalities, including automated pre-approval workflows, vendor payment services, accounting automation, and expense management. Its software features physical and virtual corporate cards, simplifies bill payments, and provides enhanced reporting capabilities. By combining these elements into a single, user-friendly platform, Airbase enables companies to gain complete control and visibility over their spending, streamline accounting processes, and enhance the purchasing experience for employees.
Kandji
Venture Round in 2020
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customizable security and compliance solutions for Apple devices, including Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji streamlines the management of these devices for IT teams by offering features such as one-click compliance templates and over 150 pre-built automation, apps, and workflows. The platform is designed to simplify the enforcement of macOS security parameters and enables real-time monitoring and auto-remediation of potential issues. Kandji is committed to enhancing the user experience through continuous innovation and customer-focused solutions, helping businesses maintain secure and compliant environments.
Aisera, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions aimed at automating tasks and workflows for enterprises and consumers. Established in 2017, Aisera offers a range of products including AI Service Desk and AI Customer Service, which cater to various functions such as IT, human resources, sales, and operations. The company’s AI Experience platform combines generative AI capabilities with domain-specific large language models to create customizable solutions that enhance user interactions and improve productivity. Aisera's technology facilitates auto-resolution of service issues and streamlines business processes, resulting in significant cost savings and increased efficiency for organizations across multiple sectors, including healthcare, finance, and retail. Recognized for its innovation, Aisera continues to lead in service automation through its advanced AI-driven offerings.
Nightfall
Series A in 2019
Nightfall is a cloud data protection platform that employs machine learning to identify and manage business-critical data across various applications. The company offers a comprehensive Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that seamlessly integrates with existing SaaS applications, APIs, and data infrastructures. Nightfall's platform automatically classifies sensitive data, ensuring that critical information is not overlooked. Additionally, it provides automated workflows for quarantining, deleting, and alerting users about data exposure and hygiene issues, all without impacting end-user experience. With its Nightfall Developer Platform, the company allows developers to incorporate its data classification and protection capabilities into their applications through a set of cloud-hosted APIs and SDKs, enhancing operational efficiency and security for users.
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customizable security and compliance solutions for Apple devices, including Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji streamlines the management of these devices for IT teams by offering features such as one-click compliance templates and over 150 pre-built automation, apps, and workflows. The platform is designed to simplify the enforcement of macOS security parameters and enables real-time monitoring and auto-remediation of potential issues. Kandji is committed to enhancing the user experience through continuous innovation and customer-focused solutions, helping businesses maintain secure and compliant environments.
Koan is a developer of an organizational alignment software platform that assists companies in managing goals and status collaboratively. The platform addresses the challenges of employee alignment and engagement, particularly in remote work environments where communication can become fragmented and priorities may shift. By fostering a culture of habit, Koan enables teams to stay connected to their mission and concentrate on achieving their most important objectives. The user-friendly platform is designed to inspire, align, and focus remote workforces, helping organizations streamline communication and maintain clarity in their goals.
Lacework, Inc. is a cloud security platform based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in providing automated threat defense and intrusion detection for cloud workloads. Founded in 2015, the company offers a comprehensive solution known as Polygraph, which secures customer accounts, workloads, and data while detecting anomalies and delivering actionable insights for incident remediation. Lacework's platform automates critical security functions, including configuration assessment, behavior monitoring, anomaly detection, and incident investigation. It continuously monitors various cloud components, such as workloads, applications, processes, containers, machines, users, and accounts, enabling security teams to effectively protect their data and maintain ongoing compliance in a rapidly evolving digital environment.
Drivetime
Series A in 2019
Drivetime, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in designing and developing interactive audio games for the entertainment industry. Founded in 2018, Drivetime offers an online platform that allows users to engage in trivia games and challenge friends, family, and co-workers while driving. The company focuses on creating non-distracting, voice-driven gameplay, enabling users to participate in hands-free gaming experiences that can be enjoyed during their commutes.
Apollo GraphQL
Series C in 2019
Apollo GraphQL helps developers help the world by providing a better API platform across teams. Apollo’s open-source software is downloaded 25M times per month and its commercial GraphQL technologies power the most innovative brands today. Teams at Netflix, Snap, and the New York Times ship personalized, omnichannel experiences faster with a supergraph – a self-service GraphQL platform that spans any number of backend services. Serving over 5T requests in 2023, the Apollo GraphOS platform simplifies API development with workflows and infrastructure to build, test, and ship supergraphs at any scale. Based in San Francisco, Apollo is backed by Insight Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, and Trinity Ventures. Learn more at: https://www.apollographql.com.
Somewear
Seed Round in 2018
Somewear Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a compact satellite hotspot known as Somewear, which enables real-time connectivity for outdoor explorers and adventure travelers, as well as commercial and government teams working in high-pressure situations. The device allows individuals to connect smartphones to satellite networks, facilitating text communication, location tracking, weather forecasting, and the management of field workers and remote assets. Somewear serves a diverse clientele, including helicopter paramedics, backcountry explorers, firefighters, and personnel within the US Department of Defense, with a mission to enhance safety and situational awareness in even the most remote environments.
Apex.AI, Inc. is a software development company focused on creating solutions for autonomous mobility systems, particularly for self-driving vehicles. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company offers Apex.OS, a software framework that simplifies the complexity of hardware and software integration through user-friendly, secure APIs. Additionally, Apex.AI provides Apex.Autonomy, a tool designed for safety-critical applications, and MARV.Automotive, a data management platform that facilitates the transfer of vehicle data to the cloud and enables advanced analytics and collaboration. The company's products leverage open-source technologies, allowing software developers to build reliable and efficient applications for autonomous vehicles.
Drivetime
Seed Round in 2018
Drivetime, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in designing and developing interactive audio games for the entertainment industry. Founded in 2018, Drivetime offers an online platform that allows users to engage in trivia games and challenge friends, family, and co-workers while driving. The company focuses on creating non-distracting, voice-driven gameplay, enabling users to participate in hands-free gaming experiences that can be enjoyed during their commutes.
System1 Biosciences
Series A in 2018
System1 Biosciences, Inc. is a San Francisco-based neurotherapeutics company established in 2017, specializing in drug discovery for complex neurological and psychiatric disorders, including epilepsy, autism, and schizophrenia. The company employs phenotypic screening, integrating cerebral organoid science, systems neuroscience, robotic automation, and advanced data analytics to uncover novel characterizations of diseases. This innovative approach allows System1 to identify "deep phenotypes," which are utilized to discover new therapeutic targets and drug treatments, addressing gaps in traditional discovery techniques that have struggled with these challenging conditions.
Lacework, Inc. is a cloud security platform based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in providing automated threat defense and intrusion detection for cloud workloads. Founded in 2015, the company offers a comprehensive solution known as Polygraph, which secures customer accounts, workloads, and data while detecting anomalies and delivering actionable insights for incident remediation. Lacework's platform automates critical security functions, including configuration assessment, behavior monitoring, anomaly detection, and incident investigation. It continuously monitors various cloud components, such as workloads, applications, processes, containers, machines, users, and accounts, enabling security teams to effectively protect their data and maintain ongoing compliance in a rapidly evolving digital environment.
Hint Health
Series A in 2018
Hint Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a membership management platform tailored for direct care providers. Founded in 2013 by Zak Holdsworth and Graham Melcher, Hint Health offers tools that facilitate membership administration and billing, enabling healthcare providers to operate and manage their own plans effectively. This platform supports a range of offerings, including essential, plus, pro, and enterprise plans, allowing organizations to design and implement direct primary care programs. By empowering providers to compete directly with traditional insurance models, Hint Health aims to transform the healthcare system, enhancing cost efficiency, quality of care, and patient outcomes. The company also hosts the Hint Summit, a conference that gathers healthcare professionals and industry leaders to discuss and promote healthcare reform in the United States.
Station
Seed Round in 2018
Station is a company that has developed a browser extension designed to enhance workplace productivity by integrating various software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications into a single, organized interface. The extension offers a sidebar that allows users to easily access up to 500 different applications without the distraction of navigating through multiple tabs. With approximately 11,000 weekly active users who average over four and a half hours of usage per day, Station aims to simplify the user experience by providing an intuitive platform for seamless transitions between applications, documents, notes, and messages. The company envisions future opportunities for deeper integrations with major SaaS providers, as well as promotional avenues for app discovery.
Strive Talent
Seed Round in 2018
Strive Talent Inc., established in 2017 and based in San Francisco, operates an online platform focused on competency-based hiring. The company assesses job candidates through cognitive tests, work sample evaluations, and structured interviews to facilitate fair and skill-focused recruitment for businesses. Additionally, Strive offers management training programs combining classroom learning, practical application, and executive coaching to help emerging leaders develop their skills and reach their full potential.
GOAT Group, established in 2015, operates a global marketplace for authentic sneakers, apparel, and accessories. It offers products from over 350 brands through its GOAT and Flight Club platforms, available in physical stores and online. GOAT Group has 13 retail locations worldwide, serving customers in 170 international markets. The company's innovative technology ensures product authenticity, providing trust to its 20 million members across 164 countries. GOAT Group is backed by strategic investors and venture capital firms, including Foot Locker, Inc.
atSpoke is a developer of an AI-powered workplace ticketing platform that facilitates efficient management of internal requests. The platform provides employees with immediate and personalized access to knowledge and support, allowing them to work smartly and quickly. By automating responses to common inquiries, atSpoke enables IT, HR, and support teams to enhance service quality and accountability. This automation also allows these teams to scale their operations effectively to meet varying demands. Overall, atSpoke streamlines the process of addressing repetitive requests, thus improving workplace efficiency and employee experience.
Legion Technologies
Series A in 2017
Legion Technologies, Inc. is a workforce engagement platform that specializes in optimizing labor efficiency and employee engagement through its advanced Legion WFM platform. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia, the company leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud-native technology to enhance workforce management. Its offerings include demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance solutions. The platform is designed to deliver significant return on investment by improving schedule optimization, reducing employee attrition, increasing productivity, and enhancing operational efficiency. Legion Technologies caters to various industries, including retail, food services, health and fitness clubs, and hospitality, and provides implementation, training, customer support, and success services to its clients.
Escher Reality
Seed Round in 2017
Escher Reality, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, specializes in developing augmented reality (AR) technology. The company offers a cross-platform toolkit and custom backend services for mobile AR developers, enabling them to create multi-user, multisession AR experiences. Escher Reality's platform employs machine learning to generate interactive 3D AR content, facilitating video sharing and multimedia gaming. As of February 1, 2018, the company operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.
Buoyant Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing open-source software to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of cloud-native applications. The company's flagship product is Linkerd, an open-source network proxy designed for service mesh deployment, facilitating efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within applications. Buoyant's team comprises senior ex-Twitter infrastructure engineers aiming to provide advanced capabilities to various companies, as they previously helped conquer Twitter's "Fail Whale" issue. The company is well-funded and backed by prominent investors.
Elevate Security
Seed Round in 2017
Elevate Security, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in human risk management through its web-based platform designed to enhance organizational security. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, with an additional office in Quebec, Canada, the company focuses on shifting employee behavior in response to security threats to prevent breaches. Its platform identifies users who are most likely to engage in high-risk activities, such as causing ransomware attacks or data loss, and provides an interactive learning experience to help them understand the implications of their actions. By continuously tracking security behaviors and measuring changes over time, Elevate Security enables organizations to tailor security controls effectively and minimize the risk of incidents, thereby supporting enterprise growth initiatives.
HelloSign
Series B in 2017
HelloSign is a company that specializes in digital transaction solutions, offering an eSignature platform that simplifies the signing and management of documents. The platform includes features such as customizable eSignature APIs, digital workflows, and online faxing technology, allowing businesses to streamline their documentation processes and eliminate the need for traditional faxes and physical mail. Trusted by millions of individuals and over 60,000 companies globally, HelloSign focuses on enhancing user experience and driving innovation in the way businesses conduct transactions. The company's mission is to simplify work for organizations of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises.
Fauna, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in providing a NoSQL database solution designed for modern serverless applications. The company's flagship product, FaunaDB, features a distributed transactional query engine, a web-native GraphQL API, and a serverless query language (FQL), enabling developers to create applications with custom business logic efficiently. FaunaDB supports various data models, including relational, document, and graph data, and offers capabilities such as access control, data isolation, encryption security, and consistent performance metrics. The platform is designed for frictionless integration with various JavaScript frameworks and programming languages, making it adaptable for diverse development environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Fauna is a fully remote organization driven by a leadership team with extensive experience in the tech industry, and it serves a variety of customers, including notable innovators like Nextdoor and NVIDIA.
GOAT Group, established in 2015, operates a global marketplace for authentic sneakers, apparel, and accessories. It offers products from over 350 brands through its GOAT and Flight Club platforms, available in physical stores and online. GOAT Group has 13 retail locations worldwide, serving customers in 170 international markets. The company's innovative technology ensures product authenticity, providing trust to its 20 million members across 164 countries. GOAT Group is backed by strategic investors and venture capital firms, including Foot Locker, Inc.
Replicated
Series A in 2016
Replicated, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing tools for the deployment and management of third-party applications within enterprise environments. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Culver City, California, Replicated offers a solution for organizations seeking to install and operate Software as a Service (SaaS) applications securely within their own firewalls. By enabling software vendors to deliver cloud-native applications in on-premises data centers or private clouds, Replicated enhances security and control for its clients. The company's offerings facilitate the management and support of these applications, ultimately simplifying the customer support process for businesses.
tCell Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in cloud-based application security solutions. The company develops in-application instrumentation and analytics tools that identify suspicious activities within web applications, APIs, and microservices. tCell's technology offers unparalleled visibility into application behavior, reducing false positives and providing actionable data to prevent future attacks. It serves prominent clients such as Veeva, Zenefits, and John Muir Health. As of October 2018, tCell operates as a subsidiary of Rapid7 Inc., following an acquisition.
Everwise Corporation specializes in workplace mentoring solutions, offering an innovative platform designed to enhance talent development for organizations. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, Everwise connects professionals with experienced mentors, utilizing a multi-factor matching process that draws on various relationships within a diverse mentor pool. The platform enables companies to effectively develop, engage, and retain employees throughout their career lifecycle by delivering scalable mentoring and learning and development programs. By facilitating connections to essential resources and expertise, Everwise provides organizations with a streamlined approach to cultivate talent and foster professional growth. The company operates as a subsidiary of Redfish Labs, Inc.
atSpoke is a developer of an AI-powered workplace ticketing platform that facilitates efficient management of internal requests. The platform provides employees with immediate and personalized access to knowledge and support, allowing them to work smartly and quickly. By automating responses to common inquiries, atSpoke enables IT, HR, and support teams to enhance service quality and accountability. This automation also allows these teams to scale their operations effectively to meet varying demands. Overall, atSpoke streamlines the process of addressing repetitive requests, thus improving workplace efficiency and employee experience.
GOAT Group, established in 2015, operates a global marketplace for authentic sneakers, apparel, and accessories. It offers products from over 350 brands through its GOAT and Flight Club platforms, available in physical stores and online. GOAT Group has 13 retail locations worldwide, serving customers in 170 international markets. The company's innovative technology ensures product authenticity, providing trust to its 20 million members across 164 countries. GOAT Group is backed by strategic investors and venture capital firms, including Foot Locker, Inc.
Koan is a developer of an organizational alignment software platform that assists companies in managing goals and status collaboratively. The platform addresses the challenges of employee alignment and engagement, particularly in remote work environments where communication can become fragmented and priorities may shift. By fostering a culture of habit, Koan enables teams to stay connected to their mission and concentrate on achieving their most important objectives. The user-friendly platform is designed to inspire, align, and focus remote workforces, helping organizations streamline communication and maintain clarity in their goals.
Legion Technologies
Seed Round in 2016
Legion Technologies, Inc. is a workforce engagement platform that specializes in optimizing labor efficiency and employee engagement through its advanced Legion WFM platform. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia, the company leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud-native technology to enhance workforce management. Its offerings include demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance solutions. The platform is designed to deliver significant return on investment by improving schedule optimization, reducing employee attrition, increasing productivity, and enhancing operational efficiency. Legion Technologies caters to various industries, including retail, food services, health and fitness clubs, and hospitality, and provides implementation, training, customer support, and success services to its clients.
Luma Home Inc. is a company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in designing and manufacturing Wi-Fi routers tailored for household networks. Founded by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse, Luma leverages their extensive experience in addressing complex networking and security challenges to meet the demands of the modern connected home. As households increasingly rely on numerous devices, Luma's mission is to provide a fast, simple, secure, and reliable home network solution that caters to current and future technology needs. In addition to its core Wi-Fi routers, the company also offers related products such as power cords, cables, and wireless router accessories. Luma Home Inc. operates as a subsidiary of First Alert, Inc.
Wavefront
Series A in 2016
Wavefront, Inc. is a cloud-based analytics company that specializes in managing data centers through its hosted platform. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Wavefront provides a powerful solution for ingesting, storing, visualizing, and alerting on time series data. Its platform leverages a stream processing approach originally developed at Google, allowing engineers to manipulate data with exceptional efficiency. The company's tools offer real-time analytics across the entire production stack, enabling SaaS enterprises to visualize and query various metrics, including computing load and performance data. Wavefront aims to enhance customer experience by preventing downtime, localizing issues during crises, and providing timely alerts on critical situations. In 2017, Wavefront became a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.
Ascend.io
Seed Round in 2015
Ascend.io is a Palo Alto, California-based company that has developed an advanced platform for managing and automating big data pipelines. The platform integrates essential data engineering capabilities, including data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability, allowing data teams to operate significantly faster. By employing declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io optimizes cloud infrastructure management and streamlines the entire data lifecycle, reducing maintenance efforts. This innovative approach enables business managers to initiate projects, connect applications, and make informed decisions with ease. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and a notable group of industry advisors.
Everwise Corporation specializes in workplace mentoring solutions, offering an innovative platform designed to enhance talent development for organizations. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, Everwise connects professionals with experienced mentors, utilizing a multi-factor matching process that draws on various relationships within a diverse mentor pool. The platform enables companies to effectively develop, engage, and retain employees throughout their career lifecycle by delivering scalable mentoring and learning and development programs. By facilitating connections to essential resources and expertise, Everwise provides organizations with a streamlined approach to cultivate talent and foster professional growth. The company operates as a subsidiary of Redfish Labs, Inc.
Talent Sonar
Series A in 2015
Talent Sonar, following its merger with TalVista, focuses on assisting companies in managing unconscious bias to enhance diversity hiring practices. Through services such as redacted resume review, job description optimization, and structured interviews, Talent Sonar aims to help organizations create more inclusive and equitable recruitment processes. By leveraging technology and data-driven approaches, Talent Sonar aims to support companies in building diverse and talented teams.
Luma Home Inc. is a company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in designing and manufacturing Wi-Fi routers tailored for household networks. Founded by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse, Luma leverages their extensive experience in addressing complex networking and security challenges to meet the demands of the modern connected home. As households increasingly rely on numerous devices, Luma's mission is to provide a fast, simple, secure, and reliable home network solution that caters to current and future technology needs. In addition to its core Wi-Fi routers, the company also offers related products such as power cords, cables, and wireless router accessories. Luma Home Inc. operates as a subsidiary of First Alert, Inc.
Poynt Co. is a technology company that operates a payment terminal and open commerce platform, designed to enhance the commerce infrastructure for merchants and distributors. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Poynt offers the Poynt Smart Terminal, which integrates basic register functionality with PoyntOS, allowing developers to create tools that help merchants manage their operations effectively. The company also provides Poynt 5, a mobile payment solution that facilitates transactions in various environments, such as festivals and conferences. Poynt's platform supports an ecosystem of applications that enable a new app economy for merchants, allowing developers to create solutions that can be distributed widely. By focusing on security, reliability, and certification, Poynt aims to connect businesses and streamline secure transactions in the evolving landscape of connected commerce.
Ironclad
Seed Round in 2015
Ironclad, Inc. is a software company that specializes in contract management solutions for legal firms and businesses in the United States. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Ironclad's platform automates various aspects of the contract lifecycle, including workflows, approvals, and the identification of key terms and entities. Its software allows users to create, store, and manage contracts efficiently, transforming them into searchable and manageable digital assets. The platform also offers features such as automated templates for various contract types, e-signature capabilities, and integration with other systems. Ironclad serves a diverse clientele, ranging from early-stage startups to established technology companies, aiming to streamline and enhance their contract processes.
Panorama Education
Series A in 2015
Panorama Education, Inc. is a data analytics company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that focuses on K-12 education. Founded in 2012, the company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables school districts, charter networks, and state governments to conduct comprehensive surveys of students, parents, teachers, and staff. Through its research-based surveys, Panorama collects valuable feedback on various aspects of the educational environment, including teacher performance and school climate. The platform generates detailed reports that allow educators and administrators to analyze results across different demographics. Additionally, Panorama offers implementation consultation, technical assistance, and training to enhance the effectiveness of its services. By leveraging stakeholder feedback, the company aims to support professional development and improve student outcomes in schools.
Findera is a company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing growth tools for mobile applications. It leverages data science and analytics to enhance marketing efforts for mobile marketers. The company's offerings include mobile conversion tracking software designed for social sharing and marketing campaigns, as well as viral tuning products and an analytics platform tailored for various mobile applications. By focusing on these innovative solutions, Findera enables developers to effectively grow their mobile apps and optimize their marketing strategies.
Yozio, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing an Organic Mobile Growth Platform designed for mobile teams seeking to enhance user acquisition and engagement through organic channels. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Yozio combines application measurement tools, best practices, and benchmarks from successful companies into a comprehensive SaaS solution. This platform enables users to track and activate new customers via various organic methods, including email, SMS, social media, and web platforms. Yozio serves a diverse clientele, including application publishers and businesses in the commerce, retail, and media sectors, helping them achieve significant increases in mobile app installs and activations while minimizing costs associated with paid acquisition strategies.
Kentik Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco with a presence in Frankfurt, specializes in cloud-based real-time network visibility and analytics solutions. Its flagship product, Kentik Detect, is a big data-driven SaaS platform that transforms network data into actionable intelligence. Kentik serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, media, and telecommunications, offering solutions tailored to web enterprises and service providers. The company's portfolio includes Kentik Detect, My Kentik, and an AIOps platform, empowering network and security operators to enhance operations, optimize capacity, detect anomalies, and protect applications and services. Kentik's platform is renowned for its infinite granularity, AI-driven insights, and rapid search capabilities, making it an essential tool for network professionals across various sectors.
Pindrop is a developer of advanced phone fraud detection and call center authentication technology, focused on enhancing security, identity, and trust in voice interactions. The company offers solutions that authenticate phone devices through call audio analysis, enabling the detection of fraudulent calls and the verification of legitimate callers. By leveraging a comprehensive risk database, Pindrop's technology helps enterprise call centers and businesses streamline communication, reduce call handling time, and improve customer experience while minimizing fraud losses. With a commitment to unlocking the value of voice interactions, Pindrop is positioned to support both enterprises and consumers in navigating a voice-driven future.
Boost Media
Series C in 2014
Boost Media is a rapidly growing B2B SaaS company based in Silicon Valley, focusing on optimizing digital advertising across various channels, including Search, Social, Display, and Mobile. The company offers an advanced platform that empowers advertisers to create rich, personalized advertisements at scale, utilizing a marketplace of expert writers and designers. By enhancing ad creative, Boost Media significantly improves conversions-per-impression for enterprise advertisers, driving greater revenue and engagement. Trusted with over $300 million in advertising spend, Boost Media provides optimization and insights for campaigns across prominent networks and premium publisher sites such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Bing Ads, and Facebook. The company is currently expanding its workforce as it aims to revolutionize the digital advertising industry and plans to pursue a public offering in the future.
Poynt Co. is a technology company that operates a payment terminal and open commerce platform, designed to enhance the commerce infrastructure for merchants and distributors. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Poynt offers the Poynt Smart Terminal, which integrates basic register functionality with PoyntOS, allowing developers to create tools that help merchants manage their operations effectively. The company also provides Poynt 5, a mobile payment solution that facilitates transactions in various environments, such as festivals and conferences. Poynt's platform supports an ecosystem of applications that enable a new app economy for merchants, allowing developers to create solutions that can be distributed widely. By focusing on security, reliability, and certification, Poynt aims to connect businesses and streamline secure transactions in the evolving landscape of connected commerce.
Bitnet is a company that specializes in providing a digital commerce platform designed for enterprise-scale merchants to accept bitcoin payments. With a focus on online payment solutions, Bitnet's team comprises professionals with extensive experience in engineering, product development, and business management. The company is recognized for its significant contributions to the development and management of CyberSource, one of the largest payment gateways in the world, which was acquired by Visa for $2 billion in 2010. By facilitating bitcoin transactions, Bitnet aims to enhance the payment capabilities of large merchants and integrate cryptocurrency into mainstream commerce.
Kentik Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco with a presence in Frankfurt, specializes in cloud-based real-time network visibility and analytics solutions. Its flagship product, Kentik Detect, is a big data-driven SaaS platform that transforms network data into actionable intelligence. Kentik serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, media, and telecommunications, offering solutions tailored to web enterprises and service providers. The company's portfolio includes Kentik Detect, My Kentik, and an AIOps platform, empowering network and security operators to enhance operations, optimize capacity, detect anomalies, and protect applications and services. Kentik's platform is renowned for its infinite granularity, AI-driven insights, and rapid search capabilities, making it an essential tool for network professionals across various sectors.
Respondly
Seed Round in 2014
Respondly Inc. is a New Zealand-based company that develops and markets a customer relationship management tool specifically designed for Twitter. The platform enables organizations to effectively manage their interactions and conversations with consumers on the social media platform, facilitating improved customer support and engagement. By streamlining communication, Respondly helps teams stay coordinated and responsive, allowing them to deliver efficient support in a shorter timeframe. As of December 2015, Respondly operates as a subsidiary of Buffer.
Indiegogo
Venture Round in 2014
Indiegogo, Inc. is an online crowdfunding platform based in San Francisco, California, established in 2007. It enables individuals, startups, and organizations to raise funds for various projects, including creative, entrepreneurial, and cause-related initiatives. The platform allows campaign owners to seek financial contributions while offering benefits to contributors as a reward for their support. Indiegogo facilitates the generation of pre-sales and feedback from early adopters, helping creators refine their products before production. Additionally, the company provides guidance to individuals and startups on campaign management and strategy, serving a broad range of industries, including retail, energy, healthcare, media, gaming, and software as a service (SaaS).
Pepperdata
Series A in 2014
Pepperdata, Inc. is a software company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in optimizing big data performance for enterprises by providing a platform that enhances visibility, capacity, and predictability for critical applications running on Hadoop clusters. Pepperdata's software tracks real-time resource usage, including CPU, memory, and disk, enabling clients to efficiently manage their existing infrastructure and run more jobs without the need for application changes. The company offers a suite of solutions, including Query Spotlight, which analyzes cluster resource usage and identifies limitations. With its expertise in cloud cost optimization, Pepperdata delivers dynamic, real-time cost savings for environments such as Amazon EMR and EKS. Its technology is grounded in a decade of engineering experience from experts at notable tech companies, ensuring optimal performance in complex data environments. Pepperdata's clientele includes major enterprises like Citibank, T-Mobile, and Autodesk, reflecting its capability to handle some of the largest and most demanding data infrastructures.
StarMobile
Convertible Note in 2014
StarMobile, Inc. is an Atlanta-based company that specializes in cloud-based enterprise mobility solutions. Founded in 2012, it provides a codeless platform that enables organizations to transform existing enterprise applications—whether on-premise or cloud-based—into mobile applications without the need for coding or extensive technical skills. Utilizing a unique remote computing protocol called MORPH, StarMobile dynamically renders applications for any mobile device, maintaining a native user experience and seamless device integration. The platform is designed for simplicity, requiring minimal configuration and maintenance while offering scalability and robust security features. With a leadership team boasting over 125 years of combined experience in enterprise software and mobile computing, StarMobile is positioned to deliver innovative mobility solutions that enhance operational efficiency for businesses.
Ionic Security
Series B in 2014
Ionic Security, established in 2011 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in data security. It provides a unified platform that safeguards sensitive information across various environments, including clouds, networks, and mobile devices. The platform offers access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, ensuring data protection without disrupting user behavior or requiring additional infrastructure like proxies or gateways. Ionic Security caters to diverse industries such as financial services, healthcare, and retail, helping them secure their data and mitigate breach risks.
Vungle, Inc. operates a performance marketing platform focused on in-app video advertisements for mobile businesses, advertisers, and publishers globally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in major cities including London, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore, Vungle aims to connect advertisers with high-value users through engaging video ads. The company provides a range of services, including creative and lifetime value (LTV) optimization technologies, programmatic buying solutions for agencies, and mobile attribution tools that help users assess the effectiveness of their ad campaigns. By leveraging its innovative technologies and insights, Vungle allows publishers to monetize their applications effectively while delivering high-definition video ads to target audiences.
Epic! Creations Inc. is an online subscription service that provides a wide range of children's literature for kids aged 12 and under. The company operates a digital reading platform that includes read-to-me books, audiobooks, educational videos, and interactive quizzes. By collaborating with prominent publishers like HarperCollins, Macmillan, and National Geographic Kids, Epic allows children to explore various topics in a fun and engaging environment. The platform is accessible on the web as well as through iOS and Android devices, making it easy for young readers to discover and share content that aligns with their interests. Founded in 2013 and based in Redwood City, California, Epic aims to foster a love of reading and learning among children worldwide.
RethinkDB
Series A in 2013
RethinkDB is an open-source distributed database management platform specifically designed for the realtime web. It enables developers to build scalable applications efficiently by allowing the database to continuously push updated query results to applications, eliminating the need for polling. RethinkDB supports storage of data in JSON documents and features a powerful query language that includes advanced functionalities like table joins and groupBy. The platform is built with a highly parallelized architecture, ensuring reliability across various workloads and edge cases. Additionally, it offers web-based tools for managing clusters, providing users with live statistics and complete visibility into ongoing operations.
Panorama Education
Seed Round in 2013
Panorama Education, Inc. is a data analytics company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that focuses on K-12 education. Founded in 2012, the company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables school districts, charter networks, and state governments to conduct comprehensive surveys of students, parents, teachers, and staff. Through its research-based surveys, Panorama collects valuable feedback on various aspects of the educational environment, including teacher performance and school climate. The platform generates detailed reports that allow educators and administrators to analyze results across different demographics. Additionally, Panorama offers implementation consultation, technical assistance, and training to enhance the effectiveness of its services. By leveraging stakeholder feedback, the company aims to support professional development and improve student outcomes in schools.
Koality
Seed Round in 2013
Koality is a provider of a continuous integration platform designed to enhance software development processes. The platform focuses on parallelizing test suites, which helps in preventing broken builds and ensuring that tests run efficiently. By automatically distributing test tasks across available virtual machines, Koality effectively manages parallelization and reduces non-deterministic test results. This functionality offers engineering organizations robust, off-the-shelf testing capabilities, streamlining the development workflow while working securely behind firewalls.
Vungle, Inc. operates a performance marketing platform focused on in-app video advertisements for mobile businesses, advertisers, and publishers globally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in major cities including London, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore, Vungle aims to connect advertisers with high-value users through engaging video ads. The company provides a range of services, including creative and lifetime value (LTV) optimization technologies, programmatic buying solutions for agencies, and mobile attribution tools that help users assess the effectiveness of their ad campaigns. By leveraging its innovative technologies and insights, Vungle allows publishers to monetize their applications effectively while delivering high-definition video ads to target audiences.
Nebula
Venture Round in 2013
Nebula, Inc. is a Palo Alto-based company that specializes in enabling businesses to deploy large private cloud computing infrastructures using standard server hardware. Founded in 2011, Nebula develops Nebula One, an integrated hardware and software appliance that delivers distributed computing, storage, and network services in a cohesive system. This technology allows businesses to efficiently build extensive private cloud environments using cost-effective computing resources. In addition to its hardware solutions, Nebula offers problem resolution support services through web and phone channels. The company, previously known as Fourth Paradigm Development, Inc., was renamed in July 2011 and is backed by venture capital firms, including notable investors from the technology sector.
Upstream Commerce
Venture Round in 2013
Upstream Commerce Ltd. is a cloud-based provider of automated competitive pricing and product analytics solutions tailored for online retail. Founded in 2010 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company specializes in offering comprehensive pricing and product intelligence tools that deliver aggregated data on pricing trends, availability, and competitor assortments. Its platform enables users to proactively adjust their pricing strategies based on real-time market conditions, thereby enhancing decision-making and improving conversion rates. Upstream Commerce's solutions simplify the complexities of traditional pricing analysis by automating data collection, normalization, and reporting. The company serves a diverse clientele, including online merchants, consumer-product manufacturers, and marketing professionals, helping them to identify pricing opportunities and optimize their merchandising strategies. As of September 2018, Upstream Commerce operates as a subsidiary of Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd.
HelloSign
Seed Round in 2013
HelloSign is a company that specializes in digital transaction solutions, offering an eSignature platform that simplifies the signing and management of documents. The platform includes features such as customizable eSignature APIs, digital workflows, and online faxing technology, allowing businesses to streamline their documentation processes and eliminate the need for traditional faxes and physical mail. Trusted by millions of individuals and over 60,000 companies globally, HelloSign focuses on enhancing user experience and driving innovation in the way businesses conduct transactions. The company's mission is to simplify work for organizations of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises.
Everwise
Seed Round in 2013
Everwise Corporation specializes in workplace mentoring solutions, offering an innovative platform designed to enhance talent development for organizations. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, Everwise connects professionals with experienced mentors, utilizing a multi-factor matching process that draws on various relationships within a diverse mentor pool. The platform enables companies to effectively develop, engage, and retain employees throughout their career lifecycle by delivering scalable mentoring and learning and development programs. By facilitating connections to essential resources and expertise, Everwise provides organizations with a streamlined approach to cultivate talent and foster professional growth. The company operates as a subsidiary of Redfish Labs, Inc.
Pindrop is a developer of advanced phone fraud detection and call center authentication technology, focused on enhancing security, identity, and trust in voice interactions. The company offers solutions that authenticate phone devices through call audio analysis, enabling the detection of fraudulent calls and the verification of legitimate callers. By leveraging a comprehensive risk database, Pindrop's technology helps enterprise call centers and businesses streamline communication, reduce call handling time, and improve customer experience while minimizing fraud losses. With a commitment to unlocking the value of voice interactions, Pindrop is positioned to support both enterprises and consumers in navigating a voice-driven future.
PureWave Networks
Series C in 2013
PureWave Networks specializes in the development of high-performance, low-cost outdoor base stations for 4G networks, utilizing advanced technologies like WiMAX and LTE. The company's flagship product, the PureWave Quantum base station, incorporates PureMax Smart Antenna beamforming technology, designed for outdoor installations that enhance range and capacity while effectively reducing interference. Featuring a software-defined radio architecture, the Quantum base stations allow for over-the-air software upgrades, ensuring adaptability to evolving standards and protecting operators' investments. Additionally, PureWave offers the PureView network management system, which facilitates the monitoring and control of Quantum base stations and streamlines network operations through automatic discovery of network topology and inventory management. With a focus on providing flexible, standards-based solutions, PureWave Networks empowers service providers globally to meet their specific needs, whether through comprehensive end-to-end solutions or tailored components.
Appurify is a company based in San Francisco that offers mobile test automation services on real devices, catering to mobile development teams at leading companies. Its platform facilitates the testing, debugging, and performance optimization of native, hybrid, and mobile web applications on iOS and Android devices, allowing developers to simulate real user conditions. By providing tools for actionable test outputs, scriptless testing, and framework tests, Appurify helps enhance app performance and accelerates launch cycles. This results in better applications and improved reviews in app stores. The company has received funding from prominent investors, including Google Ventures.
Science Exchange
Series A in 2013
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and scientific service providers, including academic and government laboratories. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company enables users to search for, compare, and procure scientific services from U.S. research institutions, streamlining the process of obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments. The platform enhances research and development productivity by automating various collaborative tasks while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. By matching researchers seeking to outsource experiments with qualified service providers, Science Exchange makes it easier and more affordable for scientific institutions and researchers to access outsourced research and development services, ultimately accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.