WorldQuant Ventures

WorldQuant Ventures, LLC is a principal investment firm established in 2014 and based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm specializes in early-stage investments in financial technology and big data companies, with a particular emphasis on capital markets, business intelligence, and technology services. WorldQuant Ventures actively seeks to lead investment rounds and take board seats in its portfolio companies. With a focus on disruptive technology, the firm has invested in over 40 companies, targeting sectors such as clean technology, quantum computing, healthcare, data, and artificial intelligence. Although it operates independently, WorldQuant Ventures was created as a private investment vehicle for the founder of WorldQuant, LLC, a global quantitative investment management firm.

Jeffrey Blomberg

Investor

Steven Lau

Managing Director

41 past transactions

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.

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.

Spaced Ventures

Seed Round in 2021
Incorporated in 2020, Spaced Ventures is a crowdfunding platform headquartered in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. The firm helps startups in the aerospace, industrial supplies, media, information services, space technology, industrials, SaaS, manufacturing, and CleanTech industries raise early funding.

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.

Cogos Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
Cogos Technologies Pvt Ltd. is a Bangalore-based company that operates a platform integrating commercial transportation services for customers and driver partners across India. Founded in 2016, its online fleet management platform serves as a centralized hub for intra-city supply chains, offering features such as price discovery, route optimization, in-transit tracking, and delivery assurance. By providing real-time cargo tracking through its web browser and mobile application, Cogos aims to enhance the efficiency of the logistics ecosystem in India. The company's innovative solutions leverage technology to optimize the potential of transporters and improve overall logistics operations.

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.

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.

Dopple

Funding Round in 2021
Dopple, Inc. is an online platform that specializes in selling children’s clothing, shoes, and accessories. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Dopple offers a unique shopping experience for parents. By completing a brief questionnaire, parents receive personalized product selections, referred to as "drops," which they can choose to purchase while returning any unwanted items using a prepaid mailer. The platform focuses on providing stylish and durable outfits from various brands at affordable prices, thereby saving parents time and money while also enabling brands to effectively reach a wider audience of millennial parents.

Holler

Series B in 2021
Holler Technologies, Inc. is a Conversational Media company based in New York, established in 2016. It specializes in the creation and delivery of expressive visual content designed to enhance online conversations. The company utilizes its Suggestion AI Technology to provide users with relevant content at opportune moments, making peer-to-peer messaging more engaging and effective. Holler also operates a full-service animation production studio and creative agency, focusing on original animation and relatable characters that resonate with audiences. With a dedicated team of technologists, digital animators, and media industry professionals, Holler processes and services over 1 billion messages daily, contributing significantly to the digital communication landscape.

Cosmic Shielding

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.

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.

Cogni

Seed Round in 2019
Cogni is a New York-based company that offers a digital banking platform designed for pan-European businesses. The platform provides business accounts that support multiple currencies and incorporates artificial intelligence-driven financial tools. By integrating banking, commerce, and lifestyle services into a single application, Cogni aims to streamline financial management for its users. The company was previously known as Bizbaze.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Extend

Seed Round in 2018
Extend Enterprises, Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a peer-to-peer software as a service platform, allowing users to utilize their credit cards virtually. Established in 2017, Extend specializes in providing digital payment infrastructure that empowers financial institutions to deliver modern card experiences. The company enables banks, businesses, and innovators to leverage virtual card technology through a diverse range of products, including aggregated virtual card APIs, a digital corporate card application, and a pioneering card tokenization service.

ReviveMed

Seed Round in 2018
ReviveMed Inc is a precision-medicine company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2016. The company specializes in utilizing data from small molecules, or metabolites, to create actionable insights through its innovative technology. This technology employs a network-based machine learning algorithm that integrates untargeted metabolomic data with other extensive molecular information, such as genetic, proteomic, and pharmacological data. By transforming this complex data into meaningful insights, ReviveMed aims to facilitate the development of in-house therapeutics specifically for patients suffering from liver diseases and related conditions.

Sequentum

Venture Round in 2017
Sequentum Inc. specializes in web data extraction and web automation software solutions, enabling users to efficiently collect and manage large volumes of web data. The company's flagship products include CG Enterprise, designed for enterprise-grade data extraction and agent management, and Visual Web Ripper, which caters to individual users. Sequentum also provides comprehensive data extraction services that encompass custom development, hosting, monitoring, and maintenance, along with features such as a personalized customer dashboard and automated issue detection. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including government agencies, large enterprises, and startups, ensuring the delivery of reliable, structured data tailored to specific needs. Established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Australia and India, Sequentum has evolved its SaaS business model through significant funding and strategic development, focusing on enhancing data science operations with a user-friendly interface and robust integration capabilities.

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.

Basket

Series A in 2017
Basket is a platform designed to help consumers save time and money on grocery shopping by allowing them to compare online and in-store prices. It serves as a community for shoppers to collaboratively share real-time prices and inventory information, ensuring users can find the best deals available locally. By enabling users to create shopping lists, Basket reduces the stress of grocery shopping and helps individuals make informed decisions about their purchases. With the ability to check stock availability and prices before leaving home, Basket empowers users to optimize their shopping experience. The platform focuses on enhancing the efficiency of grocery shopping, allowing users to spend more quality time with family rather than on budgeting and searching through weekly ads.

Basket

Series A in 2017
Basket is a platform designed to help consumers save time and money on grocery shopping by allowing them to compare online and in-store prices. It serves as a community for shoppers to collaboratively share real-time prices and inventory information, ensuring users can find the best deals available locally. By enabling users to create shopping lists, Basket reduces the stress of grocery shopping and helps individuals make informed decisions about their purchases. With the ability to check stock availability and prices before leaving home, Basket empowers users to optimize their shopping experience. The platform focuses on enhancing the efficiency of grocery shopping, allowing users to spend more quality time with family rather than on budgeting and searching through weekly ads.

EquityZen

Series B in 2017
EquityZen Inc., founded in 2013 and based in New York, is a financial services company that operates an investment marketplace connecting shareholders of private companies with investors seeking alternative investment opportunities. The platform facilitates pre-IPO investments by allowing venture capital investors, family offices, hedge funds, and individual investors to invest through pooled vehicles that acquire shares in private technology companies. By unlocking the value of equity compensation, EquityZen enhances the liquidity options for startup employees and addresses associated risk concerns, ultimately benefiting all parties involved.

Canalyst

Series A in 2017
Canalyst Financial Modeling Corporation is a Vancouver-based company that operates a fundamental equity research platform designed for institutional analysts and portfolio managers. Founded in 2015, the platform offers a comprehensive database of equity models that covers major indices as well as under-researched small and mid-cap stocks. Canalyst's tools are particularly beneficial for clients engaged in time-sensitive investment scenarios or those focusing on less covered equities, helping them streamline their research processes and enhance their investment strategies. The company is committed to accuracy and aims to support investment professionals in generating robust investment ideas.

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.

Benzinga

Venture Round in 2016
Benzinga is a financial news and analysis service founded in 2010 and headquartered in Michigan, USA. The company provides timely and actionable insights for investors, focusing on unique content that caters to both novice and experienced traders. Benzinga's offerings include news, investment analytics, and market information, along with trading tips to help clients navigate market fluctuations. By delivering superior market data and tools, Benzinga empowers investors to enhance their trading results and make informed decisions. The platform serves as a comprehensive resource for individuals looking to improve their investing strategies and stay updated on market trends.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Goji

Convertible Note in 2016
Goji is an American online insurance agency headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in home and auto insurance. Established in 2007, the company utilizes a data-driven platform that merges human expertise with advanced technology to assist customers in finding the most suitable insurance policies at competitive prices. Goji enables users to compare rates from leading insurance providers, offering a personalized online insurance concierge service that delivers real-time, value-based quotes tailored to individual coverage needs. This innovative approach has allowed Goji to serve hundreds of thousands of Americans in their quest for appropriate insurance solutions.

Estimize

Series B in 2015
Estimize, Inc. operates an open financial estimates platform that aggregates forward-looking financial estimates from a diverse range of contributors, including independent analysts, buy-side and sell-side professionals, private investors, and students. Founded in 2011 and based in New York, the platform serves as a crowdsourcing tool that provides a more accurate and timely representation of market expectations. In addition to financial estimates, Estimize fosters an online community and discussion forum where hedge funds and asset management professionals can engage, share insights, and enhance their investment analysis. The platform is also integrated with major financial research services, broadening its accessibility and utility for investors seeking a comprehensive view of stock and economic indicators.

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.

Dataminr

Series D in 2015
Dataminr, Inc. is a real-time information discovery service that specializes in transforming publicly available data into actionable insights for its clients. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company employs an AI platform to detect early signs of high-impact events and emerging risks from a diverse array of sources, including social media, blogs, and the dark web. Its flagship product, Dataminr, provides tailored alerts for various sectors, including finance, news, security, and crisis management. For instance, Dataminr for News enables journalists to receive personalized signals based on specific topics and regions, while Dataminr for Finance offers relevant content streams for financial professionals. The platform is adept at identifying critical information related to incidents, threats, and disruptions, empowering businesses to respond promptly to evolving situations such as terrorist threats, social unrest, and extreme weather events. Through its innovative solutions, Dataminr ensures that clients have the necessary information to act confidently in a rapidly changing environment.

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.

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.

Remesh

Seed Round in 2014
Remesh Inc. operates an AI-powered online platform that facilitates live conversations with large groups of people, allowing users to engage with up to 1,000 participants simultaneously. Founded in 2013 and based in the United States, Remesh enables organizations to gather and analyze audience responses in real-time. This capability helps businesses understand their customers or employees better, leading to more informed decision-making. By providing a space for collective input, Remesh represents the collective thinking of diverse groups, enhancing communication and collaboration.
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