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Knock helps product and engineering teams send notifications to their customers.

Alinea is a mobile investing platform that simplifies personal finance for beginners. It enables users to create themed investment playlists, automate investments through recurring contributions, and make informed decisions using relevant insights. The platform also facilitates social trading by allowing users to view and share strategies with peers.

Shimmer provides a platform for 1:1 remote ADHD coaching. Our platform matches users to an ADHD coach who helps guide them towards identifying and meeting goals, maintaining a positive approach to change, and improving productivity while providing a source of accountability.

TextQL is a virtual data analysis platform that streamlines the data-to-insight process for organizations. By integrating with data catalogs and business intelligence tools, the platform enables users to document data and utilize language models for self-service power analytics. This allows non-technical users to pose questions about their company's data through familiar communication channels such as Slack, Teams, and email, receiving prompt and automated responses. TextQL employs natural language processing and semantic layers, including collaboration with dbt Labs, to deliver accurate solutions efficiently. Additionally, the platform facilitates seamless transitions to human analysts when necessary, enhancing the overall question-to-answer process and significantly reducing the time required to obtain insights.

Codédex is an innovative platform designed to teach coding skills to users of all ages through a gamified approach. It offers courses in Python, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript, allowing learners to earn experience points, unlock new regions, and collect badges at their own pace.

Highlight develops a platform for debugging apps and gives full transparency into the errors, interactions, and performance metrics. They believe that by giving people the best tools to solve customer and engineering issues, they can spend more time building their business, and less time searching through logs, manually trying to reproduce errors, and investing too early in their support processes.

AudiencePlus is a media company that specializes in content creation services aimed at enabling marketing teams to establish their own media channels. By focusing on the needs of SaaS businesses, AudiencePlus assists organizations in transitioning to media marketing strategies, while also leveraging community engagement to drive sustainable growth. The company provides tools and insights that help enterprises understand their audience and utilize first-party intent signals, ultimately enhancing marketing performance and fostering digital demand creation. Through its offerings, AudiencePlus empowers businesses to better connect with potential buyers and optimize their overall marketing efforts.

Equals is a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2021. It develops next-generation spreadsheet software designed to replace Excel. The platform offers built-in connections to any database, versioning, and collaboration features, allowing users to build complex analyses directly from their databases without requiring SQL knowledge.

Equals is a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2021. It develops next-generation spreadsheet software designed to replace Excel. The platform offers built-in connections to any database, versioning, and collaboration features, allowing users to build complex analyses directly from their databases without requiring SQL knowledge.

Candor is a professional network designed to enhance collaboration within teams by offering a variety of culture-building tools. The platform enables users to create personalized user manuals that outline their work preferences, such as communication styles and feedback preferences. It facilitates shoutouts, check-ins, and peer-to-peer feedback, along with structured 1-on-1 meetings. Additionally, Candor allows for the collection and verification of reviews on employees, highlighting their strengths and areas for growth. By providing actionable insights, Candor aims to help individuals learn and improve their contributions to their teammates, fostering a more engaged and effective work environment.

Founded in 2018, Quo Finance develops a financial planning platform that uses advanced AI to create personalized backup plans. This helps users modify loans and reduce default risks automatically, enabling them to reach their lifestyle goals faster.

Archie is a software-as-a-service platform that streamlines vendor payments and freelance payroll for businesses, with an emphasis on hospitality. It enables companies to onboard, manage, and pay creative freelancers on flexible terms, reducing paperwork and manual processes. The platform provides payroll and financial tools that help stabilize cash flow, minimize errors, and improve visibility into payments. By simplifying the freelancer payment lifecycle—from onboarding to payout— Archie supports efficient vendor relations and timely compensation, helping organizations manage costs and maintain project momentum.

Stream Captain is a developer of a gaming platform designed to enhance the interaction between streamers and their viewers during live broadcasts. The platform enables streamers to host interactive games that viewers can participate in alongside them, primarily on streaming sites like Twitch. By fostering engagement through chat interactions, the platform keeps audiences captivated while allowing viewers to support their favorite streamers by purchasing or gifting in-game skins. This approach not only enhances the viewing experience but also encourages a sense of community and participation among users.

Command AI is a user assistance platform designed to enhance the experience of end-users through AI-driven chat and in-product guidance. The company's technology integrates a search interface into web-based applications, allowing users to access various functionalities using simple keywords. This enables product, marketing, and customer success teams to provide onboarding support, quick actions, relevant content, and powerful search capabilities without disrupting the user experience. By focusing on user engagement and satisfaction, Command AI helps businesses achieve their goals by prioritizing end-user needs.

Via is a customer engagement platform designed to enhance interactions between e-commerce businesses and their customers. By utilizing SMS and mobile app technologies, Via enables businesses to connect with their customers in a more personal manner, facilitating communication through preferred devices and applications. The platform allows for seamless integration with popular e-commerce solutions such as Shopify and BigCommerce, empowering businesses to drive engagement and improve customer satisfaction through targeted SMS and push notifications.

Founded in 2020, Stytch is a San Francisco-based company specializing in passwordless authentication. It provides developers with tools to enhance user experience and security through features like one-time passcodes, magic links, and PIN verification.

Pluot is the easiest way to video conference. A complete hardware + software solution for video conferencing and screen sharing. Dedicated hardware that easily connects to your TV. Free software so anyone can join your meetings.

Truv offers an innovative solution for employment and income verification. By connecting with users' payroll accounts via a JavaScript widget, Truv securely accesses necessary data, facilitating faster and more affordable verifications compared to manual processes.

Transform is a pioneering company that operates a centralized metrics store, designed to empower data analysts by providing accurate, timely, and actionable insights. Its platform serves as a repository for metrics definitions, facilitating life-cycle management and ensuring that data is easily accessible across the modern data stack. By enabling organizations to query and build metrics from extensive data sources, Transform helps bridge the gap between data experts and decision-makers. The company focuses on enhancing data trustworthiness while uncovering valuable insights and context, ensuring that teams can align on objectives and make informed decisions efficiently.

Founded in 2015, Gorgias is a leading customer service platform designed specifically for e-commerce businesses. It offers cutting-edge automation and AI capabilities to deliver personalized support across multiple channels, including email, voice, SMS, live chat, and social media. With over 250 employees across eight global offices, Gorgias serves more than 12,000 merchants worldwide, including prominent brands like Steve Madden and Glossier.

Metafy, Inc. is an esports platform founded in 2020 and based in Pennsylvania. The company focuses on connecting gamers with professional players for personalized coaching and courses. Its platform allows competitive players to monetize their skills by offering coaching sessions, where customers can learn advanced techniques, strategies, and game mechanics directly from top experts in the gaming community. By facilitating this interaction, Metafy aims to enhance the gaming experience and support players in their development and success in the esports arena.

Settle is a cash-flow management software company that automates business-to-business payments and helps optimize working capital. The platform provides payment management, payable date control and extensions, paperless invoicing, auto payments, automated purchase orders, and proactive replenishment alerts to streamline procurement, accounts payable automation, and financing, enabling faster billing cycles and improved visibility into liquidity. Founded in 2019 by Alek Koenig and based in San Francisco, Settle serves companies seeking integrated tools to improve cash flow management.

GitDuck develops video chat and collaboration software tailored for programmers. Its platform enables real-time code sharing, terminal access, and pair programming, fostering efficient teamwork among developers.

Secureframe provides a compliance automation platform that helps organizations achieve and sustain information security and privacy standards. The platform automates security audits and continuous monitoring to simplify compliance with standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR, supporting service providers in securely managing data and protecting client privacy. Thousands of fast-growing companies rely on Secureframe to streamline their compliance programs and maintain up-to-date certifications, enabling them to build trust with customers. Founded and based in San Francisco, the company focuses on delivering automated, ongoing compliance across global frameworks.

mmhmm develops a virtual camera application that integrates with video conferencing platforms to provide dynamic backdrops, collaboration tools, and presentation features across web, desktop, mobile, and cloud services. The app includes an online broadcast editor to control presentations during conferences and helps teams collaborate to make virtual meetings more engaging and informative.

Deel is a payroll and compliance platform designed to simplify hiring, paying, and managing a global remote workforce. The platform combines contract creation and templates, payroll processing, tax compliance, and localized benefits administration in a single interface, enabling employers to onboard international employees and contractors efficiently. It provides tools for payments, invoicing, receipts, and customer support, along with guidance on local labor regulations and tax requirements. Deel supports global contractors by facilitating contract generation, onboarding, and compliant payment workflows, and helps organizations manage cross-border teams across multiple countries. By integrating hiring, payroll, taxes, and benefits, the platform aims to streamline international talent management and payroll operations, reducing administrative burdens and risk for businesses expanding worldwide.

PopSQL Inc. is a software company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing a collaborative SQL query editing tool for development teams. Founded in 2017, PopSQL provides a platform that allows data analysts, product managers, and other professionals to write SQL queries, visualize data, and share results effectively. The software enables users to organize SQL queries into folders, which can be kept private or shared within teams, and includes features for tracking changes to facilitate collaboration. By offering support for multiple operating systems, including web, macOS, Windows, and Linux, PopSQL aims to streamline the data analysis process and enhance teamwork among users.

Decent Inc. is a health insurance provider based in Mill Valley, California, that focuses on offering affordable medical insurance plans tailored for self-employed professionals. Founded in 2018, the company aims to improve healthcare access by aligning incentives to enhance health outcomes and reduce costs. One of its key offerings is the Trailblazer Plan, a comprehensive health plan designed specifically for freelancers. By prioritizing the needs of its members, Decent seeks to create a more effective and personalized healthcare experience.

ChartHop is a software company that offers an organizational management platform designed to support data-driven strategic planning across the entire organization. The platform aggregates and visualizes people data in one view, aligning human resources, finance, and recruiting to enable transparent decision making. It surfaces data such as location, compensation, gender and leadership structure, including direct reports and stock grants, helping leaders assess workforce composition, diversity, and costs. By providing a single source of truth, ChartHop enables teams to analyze departmental costs, location-based staffing, and diversity in management, supporting day-to-day decisions and future planning. The company targets improved organizational health, alignment, and accountability through data-informed insights, with customers across the organization rather than HR alone. ChartHop is headquartered in New York.

Basedash offers a cloud-based workflow management platform to manage and visualize databases, enabling the creation of internal applications from data without coding. It provides a shared library of views and queries, supports application editing, no-code data organization, change tracking, real-time collaboration, and keyboard navigation, and integrates with databases to read, write, query, edit, and delete data. The platform includes internal tools such as admin panels, SQL interfaces, and dashboards to help teams coordinate, automate workflows, and monitor activity by tracking manual edits across systems.

Mux specializes in online video infrastructure. Initially known for Mux Data, its performance analytics tool trusted by prominent companies, it later launched Mux Video, offering a simple API for video hosting, encoding, and streaming. Mux focuses on key viewer metrics like rebuffering, startup time, video quality, and errors to ensure optimal video experiences across devices.

mmhmm develops a virtual camera application that integrates with video conferencing platforms to provide dynamic backdrops, collaboration tools, and presentation features across web, desktop, mobile, and cloud services. The app includes an online broadcast editor to control presentations during conferences and helps teams collaborate to make virtual meetings more engaging and informative.

Founded in London in 2019 by Johnny Boufarhat, Hopin operates a live virtual events platform that enables users to create engaging online experiences. It facilitates networking, learning, and interaction through features such as one-on-one meetings, group sessions, keynote presentations, chat messaging, polls, and interactive expo areas.

Hex is a software company that provides collaborative data science and analytics. They provide individuals to learn and organizations to know things so they can make better decisions. Hex brings together SQL, Python, R, and no-code in powerful notebooks and allows users to publish projects as interactive data apps that anyone can use with one click.

Almanac is a technology company specializing in asynchronous collaboration software. It provides a modern document editor equipped with version control for managing changes across documents, along with automated workflows for reviews, revisions, and suggestions. The platform aims to empower innovative companies and distributed teams by fostering organization, transparency, and efficient communication, thereby reducing the need for excessive meetings and messages.

Flatfile is a data onboarding platform that enables developers to validate, map, and import customer data from spreadsheets into software applications. It embeds a JavaScript snippet to add an import button in web apps and provides a secure Concierge workspace for collaboration to manage data ingestion. The platform supports CSV, XLS, and TSV uploads, allows users to configure a target model for data validation, and learns over time to improve accuracy. It is API-first and widely adopted by hundreds of companies, including AstraZeneca, Square, and Sage.

Founded in 2019, WorkOS develops software solutions that enable enterprises to be ready with pre-built features and integrations required by IT admins. Its platform provides APIs for Single Sign-On (SSO), directory syncing, audit trails, and access control.

Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users. It is designed for live, audio-only interactions where individuals can join group chats, engage in discussions, and discover new topics and people through their networks. Users can drop into conversations with friends or others they follow, providing a space for spontaneous dialogues and connection. The platform emphasizes the value of authentic communication, enabling individuals to connect with both familiar and new voices in an informal setting.

Transform is a pioneering company that operates a centralized metrics store, designed to empower data analysts by providing accurate, timely, and actionable insights. Its platform serves as a repository for metrics definitions, facilitating life-cycle management and ensuring that data is easily accessible across the modern data stack. By enabling organizations to query and build metrics from extensive data sources, Transform helps bridge the gap between data experts and decision-makers. The company focuses on enhancing data trustworthiness while uncovering valuable insights and context, ensuring that teams can align on objectives and make informed decisions efficiently.

Pipe operates a global trading platform for recurring revenue streams. It connects companies with institutional investors in real-time, making recurring revenues tradable at their annual value. This enables scaling companies to access more cash flow.

ChartHop is a software company that offers an organizational management platform designed to support data-driven strategic planning across the entire organization. The platform aggregates and visualizes people data in one view, aligning human resources, finance, and recruiting to enable transparent decision making. It surfaces data such as location, compensation, gender and leadership structure, including direct reports and stock grants, helping leaders assess workforce composition, diversity, and costs. By providing a single source of truth, ChartHop enables teams to analyze departmental costs, location-based staffing, and diversity in management, supporting day-to-day decisions and future planning. The company targets improved organizational health, alignment, and accountability through data-informed insights, with customers across the organization rather than HR alone. ChartHop is headquartered in New York.

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.

Settle is a cash-flow management software company that automates business-to-business payments and helps optimize working capital. The platform provides payment management, payable date control and extensions, paperless invoicing, auto payments, automated purchase orders, and proactive replenishment alerts to streamline procurement, accounts payable automation, and financing, enabling faster billing cycles and improved visibility into liquidity. Founded in 2019 by Alek Koenig and based in San Francisco, Settle serves companies seeking integrated tools to improve cash flow management.

Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition. Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes.

Command E is a company that specializes in developing a productivity tool aimed at enhancing workspace navigation. Its primary offering is a simple keyboard shortcut that allows users to quickly access any document, contact, file, or record stored in the cloud. This tool streamlines the search process, enabling users to find information efficiently without the need to sift through multiple tabs or systems. By focusing on ease of use, Command E enhances productivity for individuals and teams alike.

ChartHop is a software company that offers an organizational management platform designed to support data-driven strategic planning across the entire organization. The platform aggregates and visualizes people data in one view, aligning human resources, finance, and recruiting to enable transparent decision making. It surfaces data such as location, compensation, gender and leadership structure, including direct reports and stock grants, helping leaders assess workforce composition, diversity, and costs. By providing a single source of truth, ChartHop enables teams to analyze departmental costs, location-based staffing, and diversity in management, supporting day-to-day decisions and future planning. The company targets improved organizational health, alignment, and accountability through data-informed insights, with customers across the organization rather than HR alone. ChartHop is headquartered in New York.

Hightouch operates a customer data platform that synchronizes data between various marketing and operational tools. It connects businesses' existing data warehouses with applications like CRM systems, email platforms, and advertising networks for personalized marketing campaigns and enhanced customer engagement.

Pipe operates a global trading platform for recurring revenue streams. It connects companies with institutional investors in real-time, making recurring revenues tradable at their annual value. This enables scaling companies to access more cash flow.

Dover is a recruitment services provider based in the United States, specializing in an automated hiring platform designed to facilitate efficient candidate sourcing and scheduling for organizations. The company aims to assist businesses in achieving their hiring objectives across various roles, including engineering, product, marketing, sales, legal, and finance. Dover's platform utilizes advanced technologies to understand the necessary skill sets for each position, thereby enhancing the engagement in outbound recruiting with minimal human intervention. Additionally, the company offers a suite of free tools that help organizations source candidates, manage applications, and maintain organization throughout the recruiting process. Through these services, Dover enables companies to optimize their hiring practices and improve operational margins.