WorldQuant Ventures

WorldQuant Ventures LLC, founded in 2014, is a principal investment firm that focuses on early-stage investments in disruptive technology companies, particularly in the data and finance sectors. With a portfolio of over 40 companies, the firm seeks to lead funding rounds and secure board seats. WorldQuant Ventures is a separate entity from WorldQuant, LLC, a global quantitative investment management firm. For more information, visit www.worldquantventures.com and www.worldquant.com.

Jeffrey Blomberg

Investor

52 past transactions

Skyroot Aerospace

Series A in 2021
A new space age is emerging and the extraordinary opportunities in space depend on the transportation systems from Earth to Space. At Skyroot, they are building technologies for responsive, reliable and economic access to space. They envision a future where spaceflight is as regular, reliable and affordable as airflight.

Cogos Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
COGOS Technologies is one such enterprise. Its innovative solutions coupled with the founders’ dedication have the potential to transform the Indian logistics ecosystem for the better.

Ramon.Space

Series A in 2021
Ramon.Space builds space-resilient super-computer systems that bring cloud computing to space. The New Space market is driven by privatization and commercial goals that give birth to new space services and applications. The demand for significant processing power, storage and better intelligence creates a huge market potential. Yet, the scale of computing capabilities required for New Space applications is not available today due to environmental challenges such as radiation and extreme temperatures. Powered by its unique AI/ML processors, Ramon.space’s software-defined systems enable the realizations of earth-like computing capabilities in space. The company's proven technology is already deployed in space, and is used in many satellites and in more than 50 space missions across the solar system - with zero failures. With its innovative technology and an enthusiastic team that constantly pushes the boundaries of technology, Ramon.Space is set to lead the digital transformation of space.

Sequentum

Venture Round in 2017
Sequentum intelligent agents are designed for institutions with a critical reliance on enterprise-grade web data collection, structure and enrichment. By providing reliable quality data at scale and with governance, we insure the success of any data science operation. Our point and click interface automates 95% of what your data science teams would otherwise need to hand code, driving efficiency, accuracy and value. Sequentum powers government agencies, large enterprise, sec governed institutions and startups looking to gain an edge from data. We source, transform and deliver in any format to any endpoint and have easy APIs to integrate directly into your end to end data engineering pipeline. Sequentum Inc. was set up as a US parent entity in 2017 with funding from Worldquant Ventures and the current SaaS business model and enterprise grade product was born of this new startup.

Princeton NuEnergy

Seed Round in 2022
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup that focuses on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Princeton NuEnergy's patented Direct Battery Recycling technology produces high-quality and high-value-added cathode active materials with low operating costs from spent lithium-ion batteries and delivers sustainable energy and environmental solutions.

Dopple

Funding Round in 2021
Dopple, Inc. sells children’s clothing, shoes, and accessories to its members online. Its platform allows parents to take a quick questionnaire, receive their personalized drops, and pay for what they keep and send back the rest in a prepaid mailer. Dopple, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Canalyst

Series A in 2017
Canalyst is a fundamental equity research platform for institutional analysts and PMs - we help our clients save time in their research process and generate better investment ideas. Buysiders *LOVE* our product -- especially when doing work on small- and mid-cap equities that tend to be under-covered, or when working on time-sensitive event-driven ideas. Founded and headquartered in Vancouver, BC, we’re an energetic team with a healthy obsession with accuracy and a love of stocks. Whether you're looking to try out our platform or interested in joining our team, we'd love to hear from you.

Goji

Convertible Note in 2016
Goji is an American online insurance agency, combining smart tech with human expertise to find you the right policy at the best price. Goji combines human expertise with smart technology to match customers with the right coverage at the best price. Since 2007, Goji has helped hundreds of thousands of Americans compare rates from top brands and buy the policy that's best for them. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Fluent City

Series A in 2017
Fluent City is a language company that offers online classes in 11 different languages. We're on a mission to help you achieve your language-learning goals by teaching you how to talk about the things you care about most. Our team uses AI and natural language processing technology to provide hyper-relevant content and personalized, engaging lesson plans that help you get fluent faster.

ReviveMed

Seed Round in 2018
ReviveMed is a precision-medicine platform that leverages the data from small molecules or metabolites. The company's technology is based on a network-based machine learning algorithm for integrative analysis of untargeted metabolomic data with other large-scale molecular information, including data from genes, proteins, drugs and diseases, transforming metabolomic data into actionable insights, enabling development of in-house therapeutics for patients suffering from liver diseases and ailments.

Remesh

Seed Round in 2014
Remesh offers an AI-powered platform that enables users to have live conversations with their customers at scale and organize audience responses in real-time. It helps users to understand their customers or employees and make more informed business decisions by empowering them to engage with up to 1,000 people at once- online and in real-time.

Axiom Exergy

Series A in 2018
Axiom Exergy Inc., an energy storage company, develops refrigeration batteries for supermarkets, cold-storage facilities, and food processors to store and deploy refrigeration. Its product features an optional integrated backup cooling feature that helps to protect food from spoiling during power outages; and offers supermarket energy management, thermal energy systems engineering, and hardware development and energy services. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Richmond, California.

Cerebri AI

Private Placement in 2018
Cerebri AI enables enterprises to dynamically measure individual brand commitment then take personalized actions at scale that raise revenue and reduce costs, across all channels, in real time. Deployed on a SaaS basis, the Cerebri CX 2.0 product uses reinforcement learning to measure the value of every customer interaction – sales, marketing, service – from the customer's point of view, generating the first truly actionable measure of customer experience.

Sorcero

Convertible Note in 2020
Sorcero, Inc. develops and offers office suite software. The company's no code platform enables deploying of AI (artificial intelligence) powered decision support and knowledge management applications. Sorcero, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Basket

Series A in 2017
Basket lets you compare online and in-store prices

Benzinga

Venture Round in 2016
Benzinga is a financial news and analysis service providing timely, actionable insights for investors. It is a dynamic and innovative financial media outlet that empowers investors with unique content that is coveted by Wall Street's top traders. From breakouts to unusual volume, analyst ratings, futures; and options, and full-service, one-stop shop for investors of all stripes and styles. It also helps people to improve their investing and trading results by providing superior market information, tool, and data. Benzinga was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Michigan, USA.

Princeton NuEnergy

Series A in 2023
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup that focuses on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Princeton NuEnergy's patented Direct Battery Recycling technology produces high-quality and high-value-added cathode active materials with low operating costs from spent lithium-ion batteries and delivers sustainable energy and environmental solutions.

Princeton NuEnergy

Seed Round in 2021
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup that focuses on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Princeton NuEnergy's patented Direct Battery Recycling technology produces high-quality and high-value-added cathode active materials with low operating costs from spent lithium-ion batteries and delivers sustainable energy and environmental solutions.

QxBranch

Private Placement in 2018
QxBranch specializes in developing algorithms and software for quantum and classical computers, with a focused on predictive analytics, forecasting, and optimization. The company develops solutions for industry-leading organizations facing difficult analytics challenges in domains including finance, insurance, pharmaceuticals, media, and energy. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., QxBranch has offices in Adelaide, Australia, and London, UK.

Pitstop

Seed Round in 2019
Pitstop is a cloud-based Prognostic Maintenance Platform that enables enterprises to leverage the wealth of information available from their vehicle fleets. Their data engine integrates Connected Vehicles, Dealerships, Fleet Manager, Tier 1 Suppliers, OEMs, Insurance Companies and the Aftermarket Supply Chain.

Axiom Exergy

Private Placement in 2018
Axiom Exergy Inc., an energy storage company, develops refrigeration batteries for supermarkets, cold-storage facilities, and food processors to store and deploy refrigeration. Its product features an optional integrated backup cooling feature that helps to protect food from spoiling during power outages; and offers supermarket energy management, thermal energy systems engineering, and hardware development and energy services. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Richmond, California.

Kebotix

Seed Round in 2018
Kebotix, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform for discovering new chemicals and materials. It offers Kebotix, a platform that combines artificial intelligence and robotic automation to discover chemicals and materials to improve public health, sustainability, and eliminating the production of hazardous substances through green chemistry solutions. The company’s platform provides its partners technology access to its digital research and development solutions and materials innovation programs. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Cogni

Seed Round in 2019
Cogni develops application through which its provides banking services. The company through its digital banking platform provides pan-European businesses with business accounts with multiple currencies linked to artificial intelligence (AI) driven business and financial tools. Cogni was formerly known as Bizbaze. The company is based in New York, New York.

Cosmic Shielding Corporation

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Space weather has been a key challenge to space infrastructure from satellites to human exploration. With its state-of-the-art composite materials and forecasting systems, CSC can mitigate billions in yearly space radiation damage to satellites and launch vehicles while further enabling safe passage for human beings in space. Based on decades of mission proven research from NASA and ESA, CSC is bringing these technologies to the commercial space- enabling next generation computing performance, operational life extension, mission performance, and safety.

ReviveMed

Private Placement in 2018
ReviveMed is a precision-medicine platform that leverages the data from small molecules or metabolites. The company's technology is based on a network-based machine learning algorithm for integrative analysis of untargeted metabolomic data with other large-scale molecular information, including data from genes, proteins, drugs and diseases, transforming metabolomic data into actionable insights, enabling development of in-house therapeutics for patients suffering from liver diseases and ailments.

Gamma

Seed Round in 2018
Gamma.AI is an AI-powered enterprise-ready cloud data discovery, data classification and data loss prevention platform. Gamma conducts deep contextual introspection of all your enterprise data across cloud applications to understand its true meaning from a sensitivity, criticality and privacy point of view with less than 0.1% false positive rate. Gamma helps answer questions like "where all is my confidential data located", "who has access to read, modify or share it", "which keys or secrets have been exposed" and allows you to fully customize the remediation of any data loss instance across cloud applications.

SteadyServ

Venture Round in 2016
SteadyServ's iKeg ® technology is an IoT driven SaaS solution which measures and reports, on a near-real-time basis, down to the ounce, the exact volume of beer remaining in a retailer's kegs. Up until today, it has been nearly impossible to track and manage draft beer inventory effectively. Given that draft sales exceed $23 billion dollars each year in just the U.S., the cost of waste, lost sales and unimproved yields and margin is staggering. The system uses collected intelligence to make purchase and product mix decisions based on the distributor’s current inventory, past on-premise performance, profitability goals, comparative popularity, and availability at nearby competitors. The average retailer sees a 400% cash on cash return on investment. SteadyServ has also developed a dynamic digital menu which showcases, and auto-curates every draft beer currently on tap, as well as, automatically updates and corrects beers when they change status (volume, price, availability). This information can be manipulated based on consumption patterns and is augmented with contextual advertising, which has a positive impact on sales. SteadyServ can provide retailers and brewers with onsite performance analytics with provide insights on marketing and promotion attribution. SteadyServ also owns the worlds largest database of beer, which it uses as part of the iKeg and Kegonomics solutions. Moreover, SteadyServ ingests every retail transaction across every SKU its retail base sells, which provides SteadyServ a massive, rich and real time database of draft beer and on-premise retail activity that before has been unavailable. SteadyServ ® has been awarded 2 PCT patents with two additional ones in the process of moving from 'pending' to active and four other patents pending. The company operates throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and several EU countries currently.

Engage Bio

Seed Round in 2022
Engage Bio is developing mRNA treatments that change cancer cells into production facilities for immunotherapies. With the help of these treatments, the immune system is activated and directed toward the tumour.

Basket

Series A in 2017
Basket lets you compare online and in-store prices

ClearServe

Series A in 2015
ClearServe Holdings, LLC provides a wealth management platform. It offers Platform Normalization Engine that handles and aggregates information across a variety of disparate data sources; Alternatives Tracking System that handles various asset classes, such as hedge funds, private equity, and real estate; and investor-level statements. It serves family offices, multi-managers, and private investors. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Sorcero

Venture Round in 2021
Sorcero, Inc. develops and offers office suite software. The company's no code platform enables deploying of AI (artificial intelligence) powered decision support and knowledge management applications. Sorcero, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Holler

Series B in 2021
Holler is a Conversational Media company, focused on the creation and delivery of content that helps peer-to-peer messages be more engaging and effective. Powered by the company’s Suggestion AI Technology, relevant content is provided to users at just the right moment in time. With a diverse team of technologists, digital animators, and media industry veterans, Holler services upwards of 1 billion messages each day. For more information on Holler, please visit holler.io.

Untapt

Convertible Note in 2016
untapt Inc. owns and operates untapt.com, a technology platform for hiring technologists into financial institutions. The company also allows users to create their own custom job board or recruitment site. It also allows various customers ranging from staffing firms to global enterprises to sort through resumes, job postings, and more. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.

Certrax

Venture Round in 2016
Certrax provides organizations with end-to-end compliance transparency to identify and resolve gaps in 3rd party risk. Certrax Insurance Compliance Solutions provides customers with a complete 3rd party and tenant risk compliance solution to track COI compliance and contract management and effectively transfer risk back to where it belongs. Pertrax Building Compliance Solutions helps organizations track and maintain government regulation compliance.

Cerebri AI

Series A in 2018
Cerebri AI enables enterprises to dynamically measure individual brand commitment then take personalized actions at scale that raise revenue and reduce costs, across all channels, in real time. Deployed on a SaaS basis, the Cerebri CX 2.0 product uses reinforcement learning to measure the value of every customer interaction – sales, marketing, service – from the customer's point of view, generating the first truly actionable measure of customer experience.

Mytonomy

Private Placement in 2018
Mytonomy, Inc. provides microlearning software and specialized content solutions for patient education. The company delivers SaaS solutions to catalyze self-efficacy in patients helping them reach their health potential; and enables hospitals to deliver health care using systematic patient and caregiver instruction. It serves hospitals, patients, and caregivers. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Cogni

Private Placement in 2019
Cogni develops application through which its provides banking services. The company through its digital banking platform provides pan-European businesses with business accounts with multiple currencies linked to artificial intelligence (AI) driven business and financial tools. Cogni was formerly known as Bizbaze. The company is based in New York, New York.

Trunomi

Seed Round in 2016
Trunomi, Inc. operates a consent-based data sharing platform to streamline the customer verification process for the financial industry clients in the United States and internationally. It enables customers to digitally control and share their personal data via a personal data store in compliance with data privacy regulations. The company also offers secure messaging and document sharing for the financial institution; and digital rights management over personal data for the customers. Trunomi, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Campbell, California.

L'atelier des Chefs

Venture Round in 2015
L’atelier des Chefs is a cooking school that offers hands-on cooking classes with professional chefs in Central London. It is a contemporary cookery school that provides a culinary experience with a difference. It is comprised of interactive classes ranging from 30 minutes to 4 hours and menus inspired by cuisines from around the world. L’atelier des Chefs’ prices start at 15 euros for a 30 minute class and all classes are listed on the website and are bookable up to 28 days in advance. It was founded in 2004 and is based in London.

Tentrr

Private Placement in 2018
Tentrr is an online discovery platform for the outdoors anchored by the largest network of remarkable privately-owned personal campsites. They empower individual landowners to create remarkable outdoor experiences for their guests through a marketplace of unique products and services. And they take responsibility for every adventure by also connecting campers with the best local activities and events. Through Tentrr campers can easily find and customize an individual outdoor experience. Tentrr was founded in 2015 in New York by Michael D'Agostino.

QxBranch

Series A in 2018
QxBranch specializes in developing algorithms and software for quantum and classical computers, with a focused on predictive analytics, forecasting, and optimization. The company develops solutions for industry-leading organizations facing difficult analytics challenges in domains including finance, insurance, pharmaceuticals, media, and energy. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., QxBranch has offices in Adelaide, Australia, and London, UK.

Kebotix

Private Placement in 2018
Kebotix, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform for discovering new chemicals and materials. It offers Kebotix, a platform that combines artificial intelligence and robotic automation to discover chemicals and materials to improve public health, sustainability, and eliminating the production of hazardous substances through green chemistry solutions. The company’s platform provides its partners technology access to its digital research and development solutions and materials innovation programs. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mobile System 7

Convertible Note in 2015
Mobile System 7 is an enterprise security company led by former Intelligence Community professionals. Mobile System 7's product, Interlock, protects enterprise data from unauthorized access and malicious attacks. Most enterprise security solutions rely on securing the endpoint. In contrast, Interlock monitors and protects what's truly important to the enterprise - access to data and services. Interlock combines the power of analytics and real time access controls to protect enterprise data.

Extend

Seed Round in 2018
Extend Enterprises Inc provides digital payment infrastructure for trusted financial institutions to enable modern card experiences. Leading banks, businesses, and other innovators can now access the full power of virtual cards for their business, products, and clients. Extend offers several products, including a suite of aggregated virtual card APIs, a digital corporate card app, and an industry-first card tokenization service.

EquityZen

Series B in 2017
EquityZen is a financial services company that provides an investment platform intended to connect shareholders of private companies with investors seeking alternative investments. Its investment platform improves the way startup employees are paid by unlocking the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players, enabling clients to provide the opportunity to invest in large private firms and address liquidity and risk concerns. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

True Anthem

Venture Round in 2016
True Anthem is an AI-Powered Content Distribution Platform for media companies and publishers. Clients use their Platform to drive significant increases in monetization by efficiently distributing their most popular stories across social media. They pioneered the use of artificial intelligence to identify the right content for social audiences and then automatically post it at the right time. Unlike legacy scheduling tools and manual social media processes, the resulting increases in traffic, revenue, and efficiency, typically result in a 300% lift in ROI for our clients. The company partner with-local media and global news organizations including Tribune, Hearst, and Reuters; feature publishers such as Meredith, and online giants including CBS Interactive. True Anthem is based in San Francisco, California.

Dataminr

Series D in 2015
Dataminr is an AI platform that detects the earliest signs of high-impact events and emerging risks from publicly available information. It discovers, distills, and delivers alerts from the increasingly diverse and complex landscape of publicly available information including social media, blogs, information sensors, and the dark web, ensuring that businesses have the knowledge they need to act with confidence.

Estimize

Series B in 2015
Estimize is an online crowdsourcing platform that shares and reviews fundamental financial estimates from independent, buy-side, and sell-side analysts, along with those of private investors and students. It acts as an online community and discussion forum for hedge funds and asset management professionals to interact and get a true view of market expectations. Estimize is also available on major financial research platforms such as Bloomberg, Quantopian, and more. The platform was launched in 2011 and its operations are based in New York, United States.

Sorcero

Private Placement in 2020
Sorcero, Inc. develops and offers office suite software. The company's no code platform enables deploying of AI (artificial intelligence) powered decision support and knowledge management applications. Sorcero, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

QxBranch

Seed Round in 2018
QxBranch specializes in developing algorithms and software for quantum and classical computers, with a focused on predictive analytics, forecasting, and optimization. The company develops solutions for industry-leading organizations facing difficult analytics challenges in domains including finance, insurance, pharmaceuticals, media, and energy. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., QxBranch has offices in Adelaide, Australia, and London, UK.

TartanHQ

Seed Round in 2022
Our technology allows businesses to access payroll data directly from the payroll systems to streamline income and employment verification, improve underwriting models, and help employees and independents avail custom benefits from their employers.