Y Combinator

Founded in 2005, Y Combinator is a California-based startup accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm. It provides funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage companies across various industries, with a focus on technology, healthcare, and finance. The organization helps founders refine their business models and products through an intensive three-month program in Silicon Valley, culminating in Demo Day presentations to investors.

Gustaf Alströmer

Partner

Tim Brady

Partner

Dalton Caldwell

Managing Director

Adora Cheung

Partner

Nic Dardenne

Principal

Nicolas Dessaigne

Partner

Aaron Epstein

Group Partner

Brad Flora

Partner

Jared Friedman

Partner

Anu Hariharan

Partner

Diana Hu

Partner

Reshma Khilnani

Partner

Pete Koomen

Visiting Group Partner

Carolynn Levy

Partner

Jon Levy

Managing Director

David Lieb

Partner

Jessica Livingston

Partner

Simon Lu

Principal

Kat Manalac

Managing Partner

Eric Migicovsky

Partner

Kirsty Nathoo

Partner

Geoff Ralston

President

Ali Rowghani

Managing Partner

Surbhi Sarna

Partner

Michael Seibel

Managing Director

Harj Taggar

Group Partner

Garry Tan

President

Matt Bogrand

Senior Associate

Past deals in Washington

Laudable

Seed Round in 2021
Laudable is a company based in Washington, D.C., that specializes in collecting and producing authentic customer stories for marketing purposes. Founded in 2019, Laudable utilizes HD phone cameras to record customer testimonials remotely. The company facilitates this process by sending supplies to clients, allowing them to share links with customers to capture their experiences efficiently. This approach enables Lautable to deliver high-quality video content quickly and affordably, transforming customer insights into valuable marketing materials.

Laudable

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Laudable is a company based in Washington, D.C., that specializes in collecting and producing authentic customer stories for marketing purposes. Founded in 2019, Laudable utilizes HD phone cameras to record customer testimonials remotely. The company facilitates this process by sending supplies to clients, allowing them to share links with customers to capture their experiences efficiently. This approach enables Lautable to deliver high-quality video content quickly and affordably, transforming customer insights into valuable marketing materials.

Equipt Health

Venture Round in 2021
Equipt Health provides home medical equipment that is prescribed online and supplied. Equipt Health makes it simple for any healthcare provider to provide patients with prescription medical equipment. Founded in 2021 and is based in Seattle, WA.

TRM Labs

Series A in 2021
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.

Shef

Series A in 2021
Shef operates a marketplace for homemade meals, connecting local cooks with customers seeking authentic, home-cooked dishes. Founded in 2019, Shef enables cooks to earn income from home while promoting cultural inclusivity and affordable meal options.

Boundless Immigration

Series B in 2021
Boundless Immigration is a Seattle-based company founded in 2017 that focuses on simplifying the immigration process for individuals, families, and businesses. It offers an innovative platform that empowers users to navigate the complexities of the immigration system with confidence and ease. By providing expert legal guidance and personalized support, Boundless ensures that clients have access to the necessary tools and information for their immigration journey. The company's commitment to affordability and accessibility allows users to connect with immigration lawyers and file their applications online, streamlining what can often be a challenging experience.

Shef

Seed Round in 2020
Shef operates a marketplace for homemade meals, connecting local cooks with customers seeking authentic, home-cooked dishes. Founded in 2019, Shef enables cooks to earn income from home while promoting cultural inclusivity and affordable meal options.

Humanly.io

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates through an AI-based system. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Humanly engages with candidates visiting a company’s job pages and social media, facilitating their qualification and addressing their inquiries. This innovative technology allows organizations to enhance candidate conversion rates across various recruitment channels while significantly reducing the time spent by human resources on each open role. With its focus on efficiency and automation, Humanly streamlines the hiring process for businesses, making it easier to manage candidate interactions at scale.

Humanly.io

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates through an AI-based system. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Humanly engages with candidates visiting a company’s job pages and social media, facilitating their qualification and addressing their inquiries. This innovative technology allows organizations to enhance candidate conversion rates across various recruitment channels while significantly reducing the time spent by human resources on each open role. With its focus on efficiency and automation, Humanly streamlines the hiring process for businesses, making it easier to manage candidate interactions at scale.

Teleport

Series A in 2019
Teleport develops software products that enable businesses to deploy and manage applications across diverse cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure environments. Its unified platform offers secure, identity-based access management for servers, Kubernetes clusters, applications, and clouds.

TRM Labs

Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.

NODE

Seed Round in 2019
NODE ECO, Inc. is a housing systems company based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on providing sustainable residential building services in the Western United States. Established in 2018, NODE is developing a platform to create zero-emission homes using a patent-pending system that addresses key challenges in residential construction. The company aims to deliver high-quality, turnkey homes in significantly reduced time and cost, employing fewer resources compared to traditional methods. Customers can select from various models, floor plans, and finish options, all while incorporating advanced building features such as non-toxic materials, solar energy solutions, and energy storage systems. This approach enables the construction of homes that are not only environmentally friendly but also tailored to individual preferences and lifestyles.

Latchel

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, Latchel operates an online platform that streamlines maintenance coordination for property managers and landlords. Its platform enables tracking of maintenance requests, vendor selection, and mobile communication with tenants, aiming to increase net margins and renter satisfaction.

Gordian Software

Seed Round in 2019
Gordian Software LLC is a technology company that specializes in developing application programming interfaces (APIs) for airline bookings on travel booking websites. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Gordian provides seamless integration solutions that allow airlines to effectively sell ancillary products such as baggage, seating, and meals through third-party travel agents. The company serves a diverse client base within the aviation and travel industry, including prominent organizations like Priceline, Hopper, and Trip.com, and supports over 100 airlines, including major carriers like Lufthansa Group, United Airlines, and Singapore Airlines. Gordian has experienced significant growth, achieving a 3.5x increase in revenue in the first half of 2022 and processing more than 60 million passengers each month.

Spiral Genetics

Venture Round in 2019
Spiral Genetics, Inc. is a genomic bioinformatics company based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in the development of advanced software for analyzing next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on detecting genomic structural variants and offers tools designed for medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural research. Its flagship product, the BioGraph Suite, is an indexed graph-based suite that facilitates genomic data management and discovery. The company also provides the Anchored Assembly technology, which enables accurate detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), insertions, deletions, and structural variants, while minimizing computational complexity and false positive rates. This technology leverages a read overlap assembly approach to analyze high-coverage whole genome data, making it suitable for large-scale population studies. Spiral Genetics' tools are available through cloud and cluster deployments, enhancing accessibility for researchers. As of early 2017, Spiral Genetics operates as a subsidiary of Omicia, Inc.

Shef

Seed Round in 2019
Shef operates a marketplace for homemade meals, connecting local cooks with customers seeking authentic, home-cooked dishes. Founded in 2019, Shef enables cooks to earn income from home while promoting cultural inclusivity and affordable meal options.

TRM Labs

Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.

Rebellyous Foods

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2017, Rebellyous Foods produces affordable, high-volume plant-based meat products. It specializes in plant-based chicken nuggets, patties, and strips, serving schools, hospitals, corporate cafeterias, and restaurants.

Buttermilk

Seed Round in 2018
The Buttermilk Company specializes in ready-to-eat meal kits that enable customers to prepare authentic Indian dishes quickly and conveniently. Founded in October 2017 in Seattle, the company focuses on providing access to genuine Indian cuisine through easy-to-use cooking kits. These kits feature subscription-based food mixture items, including rasam flour blends, spices, herbal juices, khichdi and rice combo mixes, and upma blends. All products are made in small batches with fresh, locally sourced ingredients, ensuring they are vegan, preservative-free, and non-GMO. Customers can order these food mix packets online, along with recipe guides, allowing both homemakers and beginners to effortlessly try their hand at cooking traditional Indian meals.

Shelf Engine

Seed Round in 2018
Shelf Engine is a Seattle-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in an automated prediction platform aimed at minimizing food waste in the grocery sector. By employing machine learning and analyzing historical data, the platform accurately forecasts demand for perishable goods, allowing grocery stores to optimize their ordering processes. This innovative approach not only helps retailers avoid out-of-stock situations but also significantly reduces food and beverage waste. Shelf Engine manages the entire ordering process, including vendor management and shelf optimization, which enhances profit margins for grocery stores. The company operates with a unique buy-back model for unsold items, thereby mitigating financial risk for retailers. With a workforce of over 145 employees, Shelf Engine serves leading grocers across thousands of locations in the United States.

Burrow

Series A in 2018
Burrow, Inc. is a New York-based company that designs, manufactures, and supplies luxury furniture for residential use. Founded in 2016, Burrow specializes in creating easy-to-move and customizable seating options such as sofas, sectionals, loveseats, and armchairs, as well as tables, rugs, and various accessories. The furniture is crafted from sustainably-sourced hardwood and features non-toxic, scratch- and stain-resistant fabrics. Burrow aims to provide customers with comfortable and stylish furnishing alternatives while avoiding traditional retail markups. The company operates showrooms in several states, including Washington, Massachusetts, Texas, and California, and also sells its products online. Additionally, Burrow has a manufacturing facility located in Mexico City, Mexico.

Long-Term Stock Exchange

Venture Round in 2017
The Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE) is a national securities exchange regulated by the SEC, established to foster alignment between companies and long-term investors with an emphasis on value creation. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, LTSE aims to reverse the decline in the number of public companies in the United States by offering a new venue for listings that prioritizes long-term growth and sustainability. The organization has assembled a team of experts in finance, regulation, law, and technology, strategically located in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Through its innovative approach, LTSE seeks to enhance the experience for public companies and investors, ultimately promoting a healthier financial ecosystem focused on enduring value.

Convoy

Series B in 2017
Convoy operates an online marketplace for digital freight network services. It connects shippers with local and regional trucks for moving goods efficiently, offering real-time tracking via its mobile app. Founded in 2015, Convoy aims to optimize the trucking industry by reducing waste and emissions.

No Lean Season

Venture Round in 2017
No Lean Season covers the adverse impacts of seasonally on the poorest in rural farming areas by giving for better work to labor and sales. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Washington, DC.

Ledger Investing

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, Ledger Investing operates an online marketplace platform that connects investors with insurance carriers. It facilitates transactions involving Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS), providing institutions access to a new asset class uncorrelated with traditional investments.

Burrow

Seed Round in 2016
Burrow, Inc. is a New York-based company that designs, manufactures, and supplies luxury furniture for residential use. Founded in 2016, Burrow specializes in creating easy-to-move and customizable seating options such as sofas, sectionals, loveseats, and armchairs, as well as tables, rugs, and various accessories. The furniture is crafted from sustainably-sourced hardwood and features non-toxic, scratch- and stain-resistant fabrics. Burrow aims to provide customers with comfortable and stylish furnishing alternatives while avoiding traditional retail markups. The company operates showrooms in several states, including Washington, Massachusetts, Texas, and California, and also sells its products online. Additionally, Burrow has a manufacturing facility located in Mexico City, Mexico.

Deako

Venture Round in 2016
Deako, Inc. is a Seattle-based company established in 2015 that specializes in manufacturing electrical switches designed for modern lighting systems. The company provides a range of modular products, including dimmers, scene controllers, and motion sensor switches, all of which can be controlled through a user-friendly mobile application or alternatively through smart speakers. Deako's innovative lighting solutions enhance convenience by allowing homeowners to customize their lighting experience; the switches can automatically illuminate spaces without the need for a mobile device or remote control. With a focus on making lighting customization more accessible, Deako aims to improve home automation and user experience in everyday living.

Zeus Living

Seed Round in 2016
Zeus Living, Inc. is a property management company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in renting furnished housing to startups, students, and businesses across several key markets, including the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia. Zeus Living partners with homeowners to furnish and manage their properties, thereby providing attractive rental options for corporate clients and facilitating a higher rental income for property owners. Additionally, the company offers a web-based application that delivers property information, enhancing the user experience for both tenants and homeowners.

Deako

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Deako, Inc. is a Seattle-based company established in 2015 that specializes in manufacturing electrical switches designed for modern lighting systems. The company provides a range of modular products, including dimmers, scene controllers, and motion sensor switches, all of which can be controlled through a user-friendly mobile application or alternatively through smart speakers. Deako's innovative lighting solutions enhance convenience by allowing homeowners to customize their lighting experience; the switches can automatically illuminate spaces without the need for a mobile device or remote control. With a focus on making lighting customization more accessible, Deako aims to improve home automation and user experience in everyday living.

Mason America

Seed Round in 2016
Mason America, Inc. is a Seattle-based company specializing in the development of hardware and customized software solutions for smart devices. Established in 2015, Mason offers a unique platform that enables businesses to create, manage, and scale custom Android devices efficiently. This platform significantly accelerates the process of bringing smart devices from concept to market, reducing both time and cost. Mason provides a fully managed infrastructure that simplifies software delivery for dedicated devices, whether they are tablets, wearables, or other formats. The company handles critical aspects such as inventory procurement and logistics, while offering features like remote fleet management, troubleshooting, and automated software updates to enhance security and user experience. By allowing organizations to focus on application development and user experience, Mason effectively mitigates the risks associated with hardware investments, making it a valuable partner for businesses seeking to innovate without the complexities typically involved in hardware-dependent initiatives.

GiveCampus

Seed Round in 2015
GiveCampus, Inc. is a social fundraising and engagement platform specifically designed for nonprofit educational institutions. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the company combines crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising with social networking tools to enhance philanthropic engagement among alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff. By facilitating connections around philanthropy, GiveCampus aims to make fundraising more interactive and enjoyable. The platform supports over 1,000 colleges, institutions, and K–12 schools, offering software, services, and expertise that enable these organizations to increase revenue from a wider donor base while reducing fundraising costs compared to traditional methods. Through a variety of digital fundraising initiatives, GiveCampus helps educational institutions effectively engage their donors and deliver tailored experiences to different donor segments.

GovPredict

Seed Round in 2015
GovPredict, Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based company that offers research, analytics, and actionable intelligence to support public affairs campaigns. The company provides a comprehensive platform that integrates various solutions for public affairs and political professionals, including federal and local research, legislative monitoring, social listening, and campaign finance intelligence. Its GP Research and Intelligence database consolidates policy and political information, while additional offerings like TownIntel and Moneyball enhance municipal coverage and campaign contribution tracking, respectively. GovPredict also features a grassroots platform designed to engage and mobilize advocates efficiently. By unifying multiple data sources and tools, GovPredict streamlines the campaign process, allowing clients to focus on their strategic objectives in influencing legislative and regulatory proposals. As of November 2020, GovPredict operates as a subsidiary of Phone2Action, Inc.

STYLEBEE

Pre Seed Round in 2015
STYLEBEE operates an online platform that connects clients with professional hairstylists and makeup artists for on-demand beauty treatments in their homes. The service is available in San Francisco/Bay Area, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, and New York.

Teleport

Seed Round in 2015
Teleport develops software products that enable businesses to deploy and manage applications across diverse cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure environments. Its unified platform offers secure, identity-based access management for servers, Kubernetes clusters, applications, and clouds.

Booktrope

Angel Round in 2015
Booktrope, Inc. was a company that developed a team publishing platform and marketing engine for a diverse range of books, including genres such as romance, young adult, literary fiction, and more. The core offering was its Booktrope software, which facilitated collaboration among authors, editors, marketers, and designers, enabling them to take projects from manuscript to finished product. Additionally, the company operated Teamtrope, a web platform that allowed creative teams to work autonomously on book creation and marketing. Founded in 2009 and based in Seattle, Washington, Booktrope was initially known as Libertary Co. before rebranding in February 2011. However, the company ceased operations in May 2016.

Chariot

Seed Round in 2015
Chariot Transit Inc. is a transportation company based in San Francisco, California, that offers crowd-sourced commuting services. Founded in 2014, Chariot operates a fleet of vehicles, providing both charter services for personal trips and corporate events. The company utilizes a unique approach by crowdsourcing future routes and pickup/drop-off locations based on the home and work addresses of its riders. This innovative model aims to create a self-sustainable mass-transit system that alleviates congestion while delivering a comfortable and personalized commuting experience. Chariot emphasizes affordability and flexibility, striving for universal access to better transportation. The company's services are accessible through mobile applications for iPhone and Android, as well as its mobile website. In addition to its original market in San Francisco, Chariot has expanded to several other cities, including Austin, Seattle, New York, Columbus, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, and even London. As of September 2016, Chariot operates as a subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility LLC.

Shift Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Shift Labs develops innovative medical devices, notably DripAssist, a portable intravenous infusion flow rate monitor. This device enables accurate monitoring and control of gravity-fed fluid administration in various clinical settings, benefiting both human and veterinary patients worldwide.

Booktrope

Seed Round in 2015
Booktrope, Inc. was a company that developed a team publishing platform and marketing engine for a diverse range of books, including genres such as romance, young adult, literary fiction, and more. The core offering was its Booktrope software, which facilitated collaboration among authors, editors, marketers, and designers, enabling them to take projects from manuscript to finished product. Additionally, the company operated Teamtrope, a web platform that allowed creative teams to work autonomously on book creation and marketing. Founded in 2009 and based in Seattle, Washington, Booktrope was initially known as Libertary Co. before rebranding in February 2011. However, the company ceased operations in May 2016.

Shift Labs

Seed Round in 2014
Shift Labs develops innovative medical devices, notably DripAssist, a portable intravenous infusion flow rate monitor. This device enables accurate monitoring and control of gravity-fed fluid administration in various clinical settings, benefiting both human and veterinary patients worldwide.

SCUBA Analytics

Series A in 2014
SCUBA Analytics develops a continuous intelligence platform that focuses on unifying customer experience management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional locations in Dallas and Bellevue, the company provides a solution that allows business intelligence and data science teams to make real-time decisions across various business silos. SCUBA's platform is designed for fast and scalable analysis of large datasets, enabling users to interpret billions of events in seconds. By employing a visual interface, the platform allows clients to conduct direct queries and explore essential business metrics such as growth, retention, conversion, and engagement, ultimately helping organizations understand customer behavior and improve product utilization.

GovPredict

Venture Round in 2014
GovPredict, Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based company that offers research, analytics, and actionable intelligence to support public affairs campaigns. The company provides a comprehensive platform that integrates various solutions for public affairs and political professionals, including federal and local research, legislative monitoring, social listening, and campaign finance intelligence. Its GP Research and Intelligence database consolidates policy and political information, while additional offerings like TownIntel and Moneyball enhance municipal coverage and campaign contribution tracking, respectively. GovPredict also features a grassroots platform designed to engage and mobilize advocates efficiently. By unifying multiple data sources and tools, GovPredict streamlines the campaign process, allowing clients to focus on their strategic objectives in influencing legislative and regulatory proposals. As of November 2020, GovPredict operates as a subsidiary of Phone2Action, Inc.

Helion Energy

Seed Round in 2014
Helion Energy is a Redmond, Washington-based company developing fusion power technology to provide unlimited clean electricity. It designs and builds fusion engines, technology, and prototypes with a focus on commercializing fusion energy. The company has developed prototypes such as Trenta and is advancing its Polaris project to enable scalable, emission-free power generation for utilities and infrastructure developers.

FutureAdvisor

Series B in 2014
FutureAdvisor, founded in 2010 and based in Seattle, Washington, offers investment advisory services that aim to simplify wealth management for clients. The company specializes in providing personalized, data-driven recommendations to optimize retirement accounts such as 401(k)s and IRAs. FutureAdvisor's platform focuses on delivering financial projections and tailored diversification plans, helping clients make informed investment decisions. By implementing the principles of index investing in a user-friendly software format, FutureAdvisor addresses common investment challenges, such as high fees and poor performance associated with traditional mutual funds. As a subsidiary of BlackRock, FutureAdvisor continues to promote the notion that effective investing can be accessible and affordable for everyone.

FlightCar

Seed Round in 2013
FlightCar, Inc. is a car rental service that operates an online platform connecting car owners with travelers in need of rental vehicles. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, FlightCar allows individuals parking at airports to rent out their cars to other approved travelers, thereby providing a cost-effective and convenient alternative to traditional car rental services. The company has expanded its operations to various locations across the United States, including major cities such as Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington D.C. By facilitating this peer-to-peer car rental model, FlightCar aims to enhance the travel experience for users while promoting a collaborative community among travelers.

SCUBA Analytics

Seed Round in 2013
SCUBA Analytics develops a continuous intelligence platform that focuses on unifying customer experience management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional locations in Dallas and Bellevue, the company provides a solution that allows business intelligence and data science teams to make real-time decisions across various business silos. SCUBA's platform is designed for fast and scalable analysis of large datasets, enabling users to interpret billions of events in seconds. By employing a visual interface, the platform allows clients to conduct direct queries and explore essential business metrics such as growth, retention, conversion, and engagement, ultimately helping organizations understand customer behavior and improve product utilization.

FlightCar

Seed Round in 2013
FlightCar, Inc. is a car rental service that operates an online platform connecting car owners with travelers in need of rental vehicles. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, FlightCar allows individuals parking at airports to rent out their cars to other approved travelers, thereby providing a cost-effective and convenient alternative to traditional car rental services. The company has expanded its operations to various locations across the United States, including major cities such as Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington D.C. By facilitating this peer-to-peer car rental model, FlightCar aims to enhance the travel experience for users while promoting a collaborative community among travelers.

Scoutzie

Seed Round in 2012
Scoutzie, LLC is an online platform based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to connecting mobile designers with clients seeking professional design services. The platform allows mobile designers to showcase their work across various devices, including iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and Windows. By facilitating direct collaboration between clients and top designers worldwide, Scoutzie aims to streamline the process of finding the right design talent, ensuring that access to skilled professionals is not limited by personal networks. The community emphasizes the merit of designers' portfolios, creating an exclusive environment where members are recognized for their work rather than their connections.

Exec

Seed Round in 2012
Exec is a house cleaning service that allows users to book appointments via their iPhone or the web. The company operates in several major U.S. metropolitan areas, including San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago, and Washington D.C., with plans for future expansion. Exec provides teams of vetted cleaning assistants who perform basic home-cleaning tasks, utilizing environmentally friendly cleaning supplies. By focusing on quality and reliability, Exec aims to simplify the home-cleaning experience for its customers.

Zeus Living

Seed Round in 2011
Zeus Living, Inc. is a property management company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in renting furnished housing to startups, students, and businesses across several key markets, including the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia. Zeus Living partners with homeowners to furnish and manage their properties, thereby providing attractive rental options for corporate clients and facilitating a higher rental income for property owners. Additionally, the company offers a web-based application that delivers property information, enhancing the user experience for both tenants and homeowners.

Zerocater

Venture Round in 2011
Zerocater, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a subscription-based and on-demand food ordering platform, specifically designed for businesses and their employees. Founded in 2009, Zerocater delivers personalized and diet-specific meals from independent restaurants, caterers, food trucks, and private chefs. The service caters to various occasions, including meetings, parties, and celebrations, offering a range of menu options such as breakfast, lunch, happy hour, desserts, and even craft beverages. The company serves clients in major cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Austin, Texas, and focuses on enhancing workplace culture by providing convenient and diverse food solutions that foster employee engagement and collaboration.

Simply Measured

Seed Round in 2011
Simply Measured is a social analytics platform that enables marketers to effectively monitor and analyze their social media efforts. Serving over 100,000 marketers, including half of the Interbrand 100 companies, the platform provides insights from major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Tumblr. It offers robust analytics tools that help users identify opportunities, plan social campaigns, optimize performance, and report on the value of their social initiatives. Simply Measured is uniquely certified by Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr to deliver reliable insights, and it integrates with numerous other social platforms for enhanced data analysis. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company has been recognized for its rapid growth, employing more than 130 individuals dedicated to advancing social media analytics for marketers.

SingleStore

Seed Round in 2011
SingleStore, Inc. is a provider of a relational database designed for cloud and on-premises transactions and analytics, catering to global enterprises. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers the SingleStore Managed Service, a cloud database-as-a-service that enables analytics on various cloud platforms, alongside SingleStore DB, a distributed SQL database suitable for both bare metal and hybrid cloud environments. The company focuses on operational analytics and supports modern data platform solutions that encompass IoT analytics, risk management, and customer engagement. SingleStore serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, media communications, energy and utilities, government, and retail. The company, previously known as MemSQL Inc., rebranded to SingleStore, Inc. in October 2020 and also maintains offices in Seattle, Boston, Portland, Lisbon, and London.

FutureAdvisor

Seed Round in 2010
FutureAdvisor, founded in 2010 and based in Seattle, Washington, offers investment advisory services that aim to simplify wealth management for clients. The company specializes in providing personalized, data-driven recommendations to optimize retirement accounts such as 401(k)s and IRAs. FutureAdvisor's platform focuses on delivering financial projections and tailored diversification plans, helping clients make informed investment decisions. By implementing the principles of index investing in a user-friendly software format, FutureAdvisor addresses common investment challenges, such as high fees and poor performance associated with traditional mutual funds. As a subsidiary of BlackRock, FutureAdvisor continues to promote the notion that effective investing can be accessible and affordable for everyone.

Clustrix

Seed Round in 2006
Clustrix, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in a cloud-based distributed SQL relational database designed to handle high-transaction workloads. Founded in 2006, Clustrix offers a scale-out SQL database known as ClustrixDB, which addresses the performance, availability, and growth demands of modern e-commerce sites and other business-critical applications. This platform enables real-time transactions, massive transactional volumes, and real-time analytics, supporting unlimited users and data while automating fault tolerance. ClustrixDB serves a diverse clientele, including notable companies such as AOL, Flipkart, and Rakuten, and is available for deployment on commodity hardware and various cloud environments. The company also has branch offices in Seattle, London, San Jose, and Seoul, and operates as a subsidiary of MariaDB Corporation Ab as of September 2018.

Humanly.io

Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates through an AI-based system. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Humanly engages with candidates visiting a company’s job pages and social media, facilitating their qualification and addressing their inquiries. This innovative technology allows organizations to enhance candidate conversion rates across various recruitment channels while significantly reducing the time spent by human resources on each open role. With its focus on efficiency and automation, Humanly streamlines the hiring process for businesses, making it easier to manage candidate interactions at scale.
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